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
Belongs to Rinconsaurus according to A. Pérez Moreno et al. 2023
See also Azevedo et al. 2007, Calvo and González Riga 2003, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Campos et al. 2005, Casal et al. 2007, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2018, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2016, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, Filippi 2015, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Filippi et al. 2012, Franco-Rosas et al. 2004, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Kellner et al. 2005, Kellner et al. 2006, Lopes and Buchmann 2008, Mannion and Otero 2012, Martinelli et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020, Rigby et al. 2021, Salgado and Carvalho 2008, Santucci and Bertini 2006 and Tomaselli et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MRS-Pv 26. Its type locality is Cañadón Río Seco, which is in a Santonian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 140.0, femur circumference 340.0, humerus diameter 120.0, humerus circumference 300.0
Estimated body mass: 3.88 tons based on femur circumference and humerus circumference
Distribution: found only at Cañadón Río Seco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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