Bajadasaurus Gallina et al. 2019 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Full reference: P. A. Gallina, S. ApesteguĂ­a, J. I. Canale and A. Haluza. 2019. A new long-spined dinosaur from Patagonia sheds light on sauropod defense system. Scientific Reports 9:1392:1-10

Parent taxon: Dicraeosauridae according to J. A. Whitlock and J. A. Wilson Mantilla 2020

See also Gallina et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Amargasaurus, Amargatitanis, Brachytrachelopan, Dicraeosaurus, Dyslocosaurus, Kaatedocus, Lingwulong, Pilmatueia, Smitanosaurus, Suuwassea, Tharosaurus

Subtaxa: Bajadasaurus pronuspinax

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bajada Colorada locality (main) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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