Puertasaurus Novas et al. 2005 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: F. E. Novas, L. Salgado, J. O. Calvo and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. Giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(1):37-41

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

See also Carballido et al. 2017, González Riga et al. 2018, Navarrete et al. 2011 and Novas et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Aeolosaurini, Chucarosaurus, Lognkosauria, Notocolossus, Rinconsauria

Subtaxa: Puertasaurus reuili

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Hornos, La Leona (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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