Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado 1996 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: L. Salgado. 1996. Pellegrinisaurus powelli nov. gen. et sp. (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lago Pellegrini, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 33(4):355-365

Belongs to Pellegrinisaurus according to I. Cerda et al. 2021

See also Campos et al. 2005, Candeiro and Harris 2012, D'Emic and Wilson 2011, de Almeida et al. 2004, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, Filippi and Garrido 2008, González Riga et al. 2009, Kellner et al. 2005, Kellner et al. 2006, Mannion and Otero 2012, Mocho et al. 2014, Navarro et al. 2022, Powell 2003, Salgado 1996, Salgado 2003, Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000, Salgado and Coria 2005, Salgado and García 2002, Soto et al. 2008, Soto et al. 2012, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCA-Pv 1500, a set of postcrania (Dorsal + caudal vertebrae and femur). Its type locality is Cantera de la Pala Mécanica (MPCA), which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Anacleto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cantera de la Pala Mécanica (MPCA)

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