Andesaurus Calvo and Bonaparte 1991 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. O. Calvo and J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), dinosaurio Titanosauridae de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Neuquén, Argentina [Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), a titnosaurid dinosaur from Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Neuquén, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):303-310

Parent taxon: Titanosauria according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía et al. 2021, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte 1999, Bonaparte and Coria 1993, Calvo 1999, Calvo and Bonaparte 1991, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic 2013, Filippi et al. 2011, Franco-Rosas et al. 2004, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Jacobs et al. 1996, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Mannion et al. 2013, Martínez and Novas 2006, McIntosh 1997, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Salgado 1996, Salgado 2003, Salgado et al. 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Salgado and Martínez 1993, Sereno 1998, Smith et al. 2001, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002, Wilson 2006, Wilson and Sereno 1998 and Wilson and Upchurch 2003

Sister taxa: Abdarainurus, Aegyptosaurus, Andesauridae, Andesauroidea, Argyrosaurinae, Argyrosaurus, Baalsaurus, Balochisauridae, Baotianmansaurus, Barrosasaurus, Borealosaurus, Choconsaurus, Colossosauria, Dgkhansaurus, Dongyangosaurus, Dzharatitanis, Eutitanosauria, Gandititan, Hamititan, Karongasaurus, Laplatasaurus, Lithostrotia, Malakhelisaurus, Malarguesaurus, Mnyamawamtuka, Mongolosaurus, Narambuenatitan, Ninjatitan, Pashtosaurus, Petrobrasaurus, Poripuchia, Pseudomegaloolithus, Rukwatitan, Teratopodus, Titanopodus, Titanosauridae, Titanosaurus, Titanosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Andesaurus delgadoi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Villa El Chocón, 5 km southwest (MUCP) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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