Overosaurus Coria et al. 2013 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. A. Coria, L. S. Filippi, L. M. Chiappe, R. Garcia, and A. B. Arcucci. 2013. Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3683(4):357-376

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

See also Carballido et al. 2017, Coria et al. 2013, Filippi 2015 and Hechenleitner et al. 2020

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

Subtaxa: Overosaurus paradasorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Overo [MAU] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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