Igai semkhu 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

Belongs to Igai according to E. Gorscak et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Vb-621–640, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is South of Baris, Kharga Oasis, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Quseir Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at South of Baris, Kharga Oasis

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