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Extinct genus of dinosaurs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microcoelus (meaning "small hollow") is a dubious genus of small titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Argentina.[1][2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra. A left humerus was formerly referred to this species, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus.[1] This species is considered a nomen dubium.[1]
Microcoelus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Holotype dorsal vertebra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Family: | †Saltasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Saltasaurinae |
Genus: | †Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893 |
Species: | †M. patagonicus |
Binomial name | |
†Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893 | |
It was described by British paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1893.[3]
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