Bonatitan reigi

† Bonatitan reigi was a Late Cretaceous titanosaur sauropod from the Bajo de la Carpa and Anacleto Formations of Río Negro Province, Argentina. This medium-sized herbivore is known from cranial and postcranial material and is named in honor of José Bonaparte. Its discovery contributes to understanding the late-surviving titanosaurian diversity of Patagonia near the end-Cretaceous boundary.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Bonatitan reigi was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Bonatitan reigi lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.