Bajadasaurus pronuspinax 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

Belongs to Bajadasaurus according to P. A. Gallina et al. 2019

See also Gallina et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMCh-PV 75, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bajada Colorada locality (main), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bajada Colorada Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bajada Colorada locality (main)

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