South America

Understanding this collection

Browse documented occurrences in modern South America, including Patagonian sauropods and theropods. Formation and specimen identity matter when comparing giant animals, because discoveries from the same continent can be separated by millions of years.

Membership reflects corroborated modern discovery locations in the retained occurrence sample. It is not a complete fossil census or a map of ancient continents.

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