Argyrosaurus Lydekker 1893 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2:1-16

Parent taxon: Titanosauria according to P. D. Mannion and A. Otero 2012

See also Ameghino 1900, Arldt 1909, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte 1999, Bonaparte and Powell 1980, Carroll 1988, Casanovas et al. 1987, Curry Rogers 2005, Gilmore 1946, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1927, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Huene 1929, Jacobs et al. 1996, Lydekker 1893, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1898, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, Molnar 1980, Mones 1972, Nopcsa 1901, Otero and Reguero 2013, Powell 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, von Zittel 1911 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Abdarainurus, Aegyptosaurus, Andesauridae, Andesauroidea, Andesaurus, Argyrosaurinae, Baalsaurus, Balochisauridae, Baotianmansaurus, Barrosasaurus, Borealosaurus, Choconsaurus, Colossosauria, Dgkhansaurus, Dongyangosaurus, Dzharatitanis, Eutitanosauria, Gandititan, Hamititan, Karongasaurus, Laplatasaurus, Lithostrotia, Malakhelisaurus, Malarguesaurus, Mnyamawamtuka, Mongolosaurus, Narambuenatitan, Ninjatitan, Pashtosaurus, Petrobrasaurus, Poripuchia, Pseudomegaloolithus, Rukwatitan, Teratopodus, Titanopodus, Titanosauridae, Titanosaurus, Titanosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Argyrosaurus superbus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Angostura, Río Chico (MLP) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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