AnchisauriaDinosauriaEusaurischiaEusauropodaEutitanosauriaGravisauriaLate CretaceousLithostrotiaMacronariaMassopodaNeosauropodaPlateosauriaSaltasauridaeSaltasaurinaeSaurischiaSauropodaSauropodiformesSauropodomorphaSomphospondyliSouth AmericaTitanosauriaTitanosauriformes

Neuquensaurus australis 

Dinosaur: Neuquensaurus australis 

Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma
Type: Sauropod

Length*:8.2 m26.9 ft
Weight*:2.3 t5,071 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

South America

Area: South America


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Powell
Year: 1992

Distribution

Area: South America
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Region: Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta
Formation: Anacleto, Lecho

Classification

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


Locations


Sources

Material: At least 7 individuals.
References: Otero, A. (2010). "The appendicular skeleton of Neuquensaurus, a Late Cretaceous saltasaurine sauropod from Patagonia, Argentina".

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