Genera

Neuquensaurus

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Neuquensaurus

“Neuquén Group
lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay ]

CLASSIFICATION

Neuquensaurus
J. E. Powell, 1992TYPE SPECIES:
N. australis (Lydekker, 1893) (originally Titanosaurus) “southern Neuquén Group
lizard”

MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
N. robustus (von Huene, 1929) [nomen dubium] (originally Titanosaurus) “robust Neuquén Group
lizard” == Saltasaurus loricatus

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Macronaria Titanosauria

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 10 m to 15 m

see also: World Records

TIME

early Maastrichtian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

2 individuals (vertebrae, humerus, femur, armor; limb bones, pelvis, majority of tail, two osteoderms)

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Armor scutes from this animal were originally thought to be from an ankylosaur (Loricosaurus).