Secernosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited South America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Argentina and Argentina.

Quick facts about Secernosaurus:

  • Existed from Campanian Age to Maastrichtian Age
  • Lived in a terrestrial habitat
  • Was a herbivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

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Secernosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • J. F. Bonaparte. 1984. Nuevas pruebas de la conexion fisica entre Sudamerica y Norteamerica en el Cretácico Tardio (Campaniano) [New evidences for the physical connection between South and North America in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian)]. Actas del III Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 1:141-149
  • R. R. Andreis. 1987. The Late Cretaceous fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina part I—stratigraphy and paleontology. Revista del Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 3(3):103-110
  • M. K. Brett-Surman. 1979. Phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277:560-562