Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal et al. 2007 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combination: Aeolosaurus colhuehuapiensis

Full reference: G. Casal, R. D. Martínez, M. Luna, J. C. Sciutto, and M. C. Lamanna. 2007. Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) de la Formación Bajo Barreal, Cretácico Superior de Argentina [Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Argentina]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 10(1):53-62

Belongs to Aeolosaurus according to M. Soto et al. 2022

See also Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Candeiro 2010, Casal et al. 2015, Casal and Ibiricu 2010, Casal et al. 2007, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Filippi et al. 2011, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Ibiricu et al. 2010, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Lopes and Buchmann 2008, Martinelli et al. 2011, Martínez et al. 2016, Navarrete et al. 2011, Previtera 2019 and Santucci and Arruda-Campos 2011

Sister taxon: Aeolosaurus rionegrinus

Type specimen: UNPSJB-PV 959/1 to 959/27, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Ephemeral island, Lago Colhué Huapi, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian floodplain sandstone in the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ephemeral island, Lago Colhué Huapi

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