Quetecsaurus rusconii González Riga and Ortiz David 2014 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: B. J. González Riga and L. Ortiz David. 2014. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 51(1):3-25

Belongs to Quetecsaurus according to L. S. Filippi 2015

See also de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014 and Gorscak et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNCUYO-LD-300, a partial skeleton (Postorbital, teeth, vertebrae and forelimb). Its type locality is Cañada del Pichanal, which is in a Turonian/Turonian wet floodplain mudstone in the Cerro Lisandro Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañada del Pichanal

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