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
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Puesto Morales, La Picaza (Cretaceous of Argentina)
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