Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi González Riga et al. 2016 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo, and J. P. Coria. 2016. A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot. Scientific Reports 6:19165:1-15

Belongs to Notocolossus according to B. J. González Riga et al. 2016

See also Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020, Poropat et al. 2023, Previtera 2019, Salisbury et al. 2016 and Ullmann and Lacovara 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNCUYO-LD 301, a set of postcrania (Dorsal and caudal vertebra, humerus, pubis). Its type locality is CG2, northern Cerro Guillermo, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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