Futalognkosaurus dukei Calvo et al. 2007 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, B. J. González Riga and A. W. A. Kellner. 2007. A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 79(3):529-541

Belongs to Futalognkosaurus according to M. Soto et al. 2012

See also Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Candeiro and Harris 2012, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Filippi 2015, Filippi et al. 2011, Gallina 2011, González Riga et al. 2009, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Mannion and Otero 2012, Molnar 2011, Navarrete et al. 2011, Porfiri et al. 2011, Poropat 2013, Salisbury et al. 2016, Ullmann and Lacovara 2016, Wilson et al. 2019 and Woodruff and Foster 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUCPv 323, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Futalognko Quarry, Costa Dinosaurio [MUCP], which is in a Turonian/Coniacian channel lag conglomerate/sandstone in the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: facultatively mobile ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Futalognko Quarry, Costa Dinosaurio [MUCP]

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