Brachytrachelopan mesai Rauhut et al. 2005 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, K. Remes, R. Fechner, G. Cladera, and P. Puerta. 2005. Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia. Nature 435:670-672

Belongs to Brachytrachelopan according to G. J. Windholz et al. 2021

See also Coria et al. 2012, Gallina et al. 2019, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Rauhut et al. 2005 and Salgado et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF-PV 1716. Its type locality is Cerro Cóndor NE sauropod site, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial sandstone in the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Cóndor NE sauropod site

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