Neuquensaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neuquensaurus (meaning "Neuquén lizard") is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago in Argentina in South America. Its fossils were recovered from outcrops of the Anacleto Formation around Cinco Saltos, near the Neuquén river from which its name is derived.
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Neuquensaurus skeletal mount in the Dinosaurios más allá de la extinción exhibition | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Family: | †Saltasauridae |
Tribe: | †Saltasaurini |
Genus: | †Neuquensaurus Powell, 1992 |
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†Titanosaurus australis Lydekker, 1893 | |
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