Barrosasaurus
Barrosasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, first described by paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Rodolfo Coria in 2009. The fossils, consisting of three fossil dorsal (back) vertebrae, are well-preserved but incomplete. They were discovered in the Anacleto Formation of the Neuquén province of western Argentina. The type species is Barrosasaurus casamiquelai. The genus name is named after the Sierra Barrosa in Neuquén. The specific epithet honours the Argentinian paleontologist Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela.[1][2]
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| Genus: | Barrosasaurus Salgado & Coria, 2009 |
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References
- Salgado, Leonardo; Coria, Rodolfo A. (2009). "Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous: early Campanian) of Sierra Barrosa (Neuquén, Argentina)". Zootaxa. 2222: 1–16.
- Fossilworks webpage on Barrosasaurus is here: http://fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=153725
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