Udelartitan celeste

† Udelartitan celeste is a Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Uruguay, one of the few non-Argentinian Patagonian titanosaurs described from South America. Its discovery expands the known geographic range of titanosaur sauropods in the Southern Cone.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Udelartitan celeste 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

Udelartitan celeste 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.