Pitekunsaurus Filippi and Garrido 2008 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: L. S. Filippi and A. C. Garrido. 2008. Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., nuevo titanosaurio (Saurischia, Sauropoda) del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina [Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(3):575-590

Parent taxon: Rinconsauria according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Coria et al. 2013, Filippi 2015, Filippi and Garrido 2008 and González Riga et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Adamantisaurus, Arrudatitan, Brasilotitan, Bravasaurus, Maxakalisaurus, Muyelensaurus, Overosaurus, Punatitan, Rinconsaurus, Uberabatitan

Subtaxa: Pitekunsaurus macayai

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón de Aguada Grande (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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