Yamanasaurus lojaensis Apesteguía et al. 2020 (saltasaurine)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae

Full reference: S. Apesteguía, J. E. Soto Luzuriaga, P. A. Gallina, J. Tamay Granda, and G. A. Guamán Jaramillo. 2020. The first dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Ecuador. Cretaceous Research 108:104345

Belongs to Yamanasaurus according to S. Apesteguía et al. 2020

See also Navarro et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YM-UTPL 002 and YM-INPC-014-017, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Yamana, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Río Playas Formation of Ecuador.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yamana

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