Chubutisaurus (meaning "Chubut lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It lived in South America. It is classified as a sauropod, specifically one of the titanosaurs. The type species, Chubutisaurus insignis, was described by del Corro in 1975. Its fossils were found in the Cerro Barcino Formation, Albian stage, about 110 million years ago. Chubutisaurus had a more robust radius than Venenosaurus. In 2010 Gregory Paul gave a length of 18 meters (59 feet) and a weight of 12 tons (13.2 short tons). Thomas Holtz estimated its length at 23 meters (75.5 feet) in 2012.
Jurassic Park franchise[]
Chubutisaurus was featured in the Jurassic Park Institute now available to browse on Dinopedia. In its image, it is shown standing up on its hind legs to eat the leaves at the top of a tree.
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Jurassic World: Dominion[]
Chubutisaurus is mentioned on dinotracker.com as a prey item of Carnotaurus in the predator’s field guide along with turtles. However, Chubutisaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous, while Carnotaurus was from the Late Cretaceous.
It is unknown whether or not this is meant to imply that Chubutisaurus was ever cloned in canon, as every other species mentioned (Mamenchisaurus, Corythosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus and Lystrosaurus) are all known to be active as of 2022. However, it's likely meant to be a simple mention for the description of the Carnotaurus.
Games[]
Jurassic World Play[]
Like on Dinotracker, the species is mentioned in a fun fact about Carnotaurus in Jurassic World Play.
