Acostasaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Acostasaurus lived during the Unknown and resided in South America.

All the Acostasaurus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Acostasaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • M. Gomez-Perez and L. E. Noe. 2011. Cranial anatomy of a new pliosaurid Acostasaurus pavachoquensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, South America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 310(1-2):5-42