Igai Gorscak et al. 2023 (saltasaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae

Full reference: E. Gorscak, M. C. Lamanna, D. Schwarz, V. Díez Díaz, B. S. Salem, H. M. Sallam, and M. F. Wiechmann. 2023. A new titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Quseir Formation of the Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(6):e2199810:1-30

Parent taxon: Saltasauridae according to E. Gorscak et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Abditosaurus, Nicksaurus, Opisthocoelicaudiinae, Qingxiusaurus, Qunkasaura, Saltasaurinae, Zhuchengtitan

Subtaxa: Igai semkhu

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Type: Igai semkhu

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at South of Baris, Kharga Oasis (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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