Zapalasaurus Salgado et al. 2006 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: L. Salgado, I. d. S. Carvalho, and A. C. Garrido. 2006. Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretacico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina [Zapalasaurus bonapartei, a new sauropod from the La Amarga Formation (Lower Cretaceous), northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén province, Argentina]. Géobios 39:695-707

Parent taxon: Rebbachisauridae according to L. N. Lerzo et al. 2024

See also Apesteguía 2007, Carballido et al. 2010, Carballido et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion 2009, Mannion et al. 2011, Mannion et al. 2012, Mannion et al. 2019, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Salgado et al. 2012, Salgado et al. 2006, Torcida Fernández-Baldor and Canudo 2013, Whitlock 2011, Wilson and Allain 2015 and Windholz et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Agustinia, Amazonsaurus, Campananeyen, Comahuesaurus, Histriasaurus, Itapeuasaurus, Khebbashia, Lavocatisaurus, Maraapunisaurus, Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis, Sidersaura, Xenoposeidon

Subtaxa: Zapalasaurus bonapartei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Puesto Morales, La Picaza (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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