Dreadnoughtus Lacovara et al. 2014 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: K. J. Lacovara, M. C. Lamanna, L. M. Ibiricu, J. C. Poole, E. R. Schroeter, P. V. Ullmann, K. K. Voegele, Z. M. Boles, A. M. Carter, E. K. Fowler, V. M. Egerton, A. E. Moyer, C. L. Coughenour, J. P. Schein, J. D. Harris, R. D. Martínez, and F. E. Novas. 2014. A gigantic, exceptionally complete titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from southern Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports 4:6196:1-9

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

See also Agnolín et al. 2023, Carballido et al. 2017, Filippi et al. 2019, González Riga et al. 2016, Hechenleitner et al. 2020, Lacovara et al. 2014 and Ullmann and Lacovara 2016

Sister taxa: Abditosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Bonitasaura, Inawentu, Menucocelsior, Patagotitan

Subtaxa: Dreadnoughtus schrani

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Type: Dreadnoughtus schrani

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rio La Leona Valley, Cerro Fortaleza locality (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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