Muyelensaurus pecheni Calvo et al. 2007 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. O. Calvo, B. J. González Riga, and J. D. Porfiri. 2007. A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):485-504

Belongs to Muyelensaurus according to L. S. Filippi 2015

See also Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Candeiro and Harris 2012, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Mannion and Otero 2012, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020 and Soto et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MRS-PV 207, a partial skull (braincase). Its type locality is Loma del Lindero, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Loma del Lindero

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