Paleontology
Fossil bones are rarely found in the Huincul Formation. However, remains of the largest land animal known, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, were found in the Huincul Formation, and this species is named after it. One of the largest predators known, Mapusaurus, has also been recovered from a bonebed in this formation.
Animal fossils found in the Huincul Formation include:
- several titanosaurian sauropods (including Argentinosaurus)
- a rebbachisaurid sauropod (Cathartesaura)
- a carcharodontosaurid theropod (Mapusaurus)
- abelisauroid theropods (including Ilokelesia)
- several ornithopods
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