Argentinosaurus Bonaparte and Coria 1993 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and R. A. Coria. 1993. Un nuevo y gigantesco saurópodo titanosaurio de la Formación Rio Limay (Albanio-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [A new and huge titanosaur sauropod from the Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian) of Neuquén Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 30(3):271-282

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

See also Apesteguía 2005, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte 1999, Bonaparte and Coria 1993, Carballido et al. 2017, Coria et al. 2013, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, Filippi et al. 2011, González Riga et al. 2018, Jacobs et al. 1996, Mannion and Calvo 2011, McIntosh 1997, Novas 1997, Páramo et al. 2020, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado et al. 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Thulborn 2002, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Wilson and Sereno 1998

Sister taxa: Abditosaurus, Bonitasaura, Dreadnoughtus, Inawentu, Menucocelsior, Patagotitan

Subtaxa: Argentinosaurus huinculensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia "Las Overas" (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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