Malarguesaurus florenciae González Riga et al. 2009 (Malargüe lizard)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148

Belongs to Malarguesaurus according to L. S. Filippi 2015

See also Candeiro and Harris 2012, Company 2011, D'Emic 2012, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Mannion and Otero 2012 and Previtera 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IANIGLA-PV 110, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Quebrada Norte quarry, Paso de las Bardas (FL1), which is in a Coniacian/Coniacian crevasse splay mudstone in the Los Bastos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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