Punatitan coughlini Hechenleitner et al. 2020 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: E. M. Hechenleitner, L. Leuzinger, A. G. Martinelli, S. Rocher, L. E. Fiorelli, J. R. A. Taborda, and L. Salgado. 2020. Two Late Cretaceous sauropods reveal titanosaurian dispersal across South America. Communications Biology 3:622:1-13

Belongs to Punatitan according to E. M. Hechenleitner et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CRILAR-Pv 614, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Quebrada de Santo Domingo (upper section: 170 m bed), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine sandstone in the Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada de Santo Domingo (upper section: 170 m bed)

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