Arackar licanantay Rubilar-Rogers et al. 2021 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: D. Rubilar-Rogers, A. O. Vargas, B. González Riga, S. Soto-Acuña, J. Alarcón-Muñoz, J. Iriarte-Díaz, C. Arévalo and C. S. Gutstein. 2021. Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile. Cretaceous Research 104802

Belongs to Arackar according to D. Rubilar-Rogers et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SNGM-1/1-23, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Quebrada La Higuera, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine mudstone in the Hornitos Formation of Chile.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada La Higuera

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