A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina)

A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina)

This paper presents a new titanosaur sauropod, collected from levels of reddish clays assigned to the Plottier Formation (Coniacian-Santonian). The holotype of Petrobrasaurus puestohernandezi gen. et. sp. nov. is a disarticulated specimen, from which teeth, cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae, ste...

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Main Authors: L.S. FILIPPI, J.I. CANUDO, J.L. SALGADO, A. GARRIDO, R. GARCÍA, I.A. CERDA, A. OTERO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2011-05-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Titanosauria
Plottier Formation
Coniacian-Santonian
Late Cretaceous
Río Neuquén Subgroup
Argentina
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/2095

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