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: Dicraeosaurinae according to P. D. Mannion and A. J. Moore 2025

See also Gallina et al. 2019 and Whitlock and Wilson Mantilla 2020

Sister taxa: Amargasaurus, Brachytrachelopan, Dicraeosaurus

Subtaxa: Bajadasaurus pronuspinax

view classification

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.