Genera

Saltasaurus

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Saltasaurus

“Salta Province
lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Images ]

CLASSIFICATION

Saltasaurus
Bonaparte & J. E. Powell, 1980TYPE SPECIES:
S. loricatus Bonaparte & J. E. Powell, 1980

MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
S. australis (Lydekker, 1893) (originally Titanosaurus) = Neuquensaurus australis
S. robustus (von Huene, 1929) [nomen dubium] (originally Titanosaurus) == Saltasaurus loricatus

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Macronaria Titanosauria

MEASUREMENTS

see also: World Records

TIME

Campanian to Maastrichtian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Argentina, Uruguay

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

several partial skeletons, vertebrae, limb elements, jaws, armor

see also: Anatomy

IMAGES

SHIRAISHI MINEO

armored giant Saltasaurus loricatus