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Tehuelchesaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tehuelchesaurus (/teɪhwɛltʃeɪsɔːrəs/) is a genus of dinosaur. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people, native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found.[1]
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Tehuelchesaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Family: | †Camarasauridae |
Genus: | †Tehuelchesaurus Rich et al. 1999 |
Species: | †T. benitezii |
Binomial name | |
†Tehuelchesaurus benitezii Rich et al. 1999 | |
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