Chubutisaurus

Chubutisaurus; Temporal range: Albian; ~110 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Drawing of the scapula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Clade:	†Macronaria
Clade:	†Somphospondyli
Genus:	†Chubutisaurus; Del Corro 1975
Type species
	†Chubutisaurus insignis; Del Corro, 1975

Chubutisaurus (meaning "Chubut lizard") is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Cerro Barcino Formation (Albian) of Argentina.^[1] The type species, Chubutisaurus insignis, was described by del Corro in 1975.^[2]^[3] Chubutisaurus had a more robust radius than Venenosaurus.^[4] In 2010 Gregory Paul gave a length of 18 meters (59 ft) and a weight of 12 tonnes (13.2 short tons).^[5] Thomas Holtz estimated its length at 23 meters (75.5 ft) in 2012.^[6]

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[1]
Carballido, José L.; Pol, Diego; Cerda, Ignacio; Salgado, Leonardo (2011-02-10). "The osteology of Chubutisaurus insignis del Corro, 1975 (Dinosauria: Neosauropoda) from the 'middle' Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (1): 93–110. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31...93C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.539651. hdl:11336/94194. ISSN 0272-4634.
[2]
G. del Corro. 1975. Un nuevo sauropodo del Cretácico Superior. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 2:229-240
[3]
Weishampel, et al. (2004).
[4]
"Forelimb," Tidwell, Carpenter, and Meyer (2001). Page 148.
[5]
Paul, Gregory S. (2010). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 206. ISBN 9780691137209.
[6]
Holtz, Thomas R. (2012). "Holtz's Genus List" (PDF).

Tidwell, V., Carpenter, K. & Meyer, S. 2001. New Titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (eds.). Indiana University Press, Eds. D.H. Tanke & K. Carpenter. Indiana University Press. 139–165.
Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 563–570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.