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Neuquenosaurus
© Andrey Atuchin
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Neuquenosaurus is known from dorsal vertebrae (part of the backbone), most of the tail, a complete pelvis, limb bones and osteoderms (hardened, bone-like, raised scales on its back).
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- Pronounced
- nayoo-ken-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Neuquén lizard
- Length
- 10m - 15m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(71 - 65 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Saltasauridae, Neuquenosaurus
- Named by
- Lydekker (1893)
- Type species
- australis