Rinconsaurus Calvo and González Riga 2003 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. O. Calvo and B. J. González Riga. 2003. Rinconsaurus caudamirus gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Geológica de Chile 30(2):333-353

Parent taxon: Rinconsauria according to A. Pérez Moreno et al. 2023

See also Calvo and González Riga 2003, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Carballido et al. 2017, Casal et al. 2007, Coria et al. 2013, Filippi 2015, Filippi et al. 2011, Filippi et al. 2019, Franco-Rosas et al. 2004, González Riga et al. 2018, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020 and Santucci and Arruda-Campos 2011

Sister taxa: Adamantisaurus, Arrudatitan, Brasilotitan, Bravasaurus, Maxakalisaurus, Muyelensaurus, Overosaurus, Pitekunsaurus, Punatitan, Uberabatitan

Subtaxa: Rinconsaurus caudamirus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Río Seco (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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