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Explore Saltasaurus, a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur in the Dino Directory.. Saltasaurus (which means "lizard from Salta ") is a genus of saltasaurid dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous period of Argentina. Small among sauropods, though still heavy by the standards of modern creatures, Saltasaurus was characterized by a short neck and stubby limbs. It was the first genus of sauropod known to possess armour of bony plates embedded in its skin. Such small bony plates, called.

Description "Saltasaurus," discovered in Argentina, South America, is the dinosaur that fundamentally overturned the image of sauropods as huge but defenseless creatures. Living during the Late Cretaceous (approximately 80 to 66 million years ago), their formal description in 1980 sent shockwaves through the field of paleontology. This is because they were the first sauropods proven to.. Saltasaurus was a unique sauropod from the Late Cretaceous. Explore its discovery, habitat, and intriguing armor that set it apart among.