AnchisauriaColossosauriaDinosauriaEusaurischiaEusauropodaEutitanosauriaGravisauriaLate CretaceousLithostrotiaMacronariaMassopodaNeosauropodaPlateosauriaSaurischiaSauropodaSauropodiformesSauropodomorphaSomphospondyliSouth AmericaTitanosauriaTitanosauriformes

Bonitasaura salgadoi

Dinosaur: Bonitasaura salgadoi



Type: Sauropod

Length*:10.3 m33.8 ft
Weight*:5.5 tons12,125 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Apesteguía
Year: 2004
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Bajo de la Carpa

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Titanosauria
Eutitanosauria
Lithostrotia
Colossosauria


Other

Material: Two partial skeletons (also skull fragments) and right tibia.
References: Gallina, P.A., and S. Apesteguía. (2015). Postcranial anatomy of Bonitasaura salgadoi (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia.

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