Sarmientosaurus Martínez et al. 2016 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. D. F. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgley, G. A. Casal, J. E. Martínez, J. R. Vita and L. M. Witmer. 2016. A basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a complete skull: implications for the evolution and paleobiology of Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0151661:1-82

Parent taxon: Diamantinasauria according to S. F. Poropat et al. 2021

See also Martínez et al. 2016 and Rigby et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Australotitan, Diamantinasaurus, Lirainosaurinae, Mansourasaurus, Savannasaurus

Subtaxa: Sarmientosaurus musacchioi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Las Horquetas, estancia Laguna Palacios (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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