Bonitasaura
Bonitasaura salgadoi
Bonitasaura is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur hailing from uppermost layers of the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Neuquén Group of the eastern Neuquén Basin, located in Río Negro Province, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The remains, consisting of a partial sub-adult skeleton jumbled in a small area of fluvial sandstone, including a lower jaw with teeth, a partial vertebrae series, and limb bones, were described by Sebastian Apesteguía in 2004.
The genus name Bonitasaura refers to the fossil quarry's name, "La Bonita", while the name of the type species, B. salgadoi, pays homage to Leonardo Salgado, a renowned Argentine paleontologist.
- Family
- Titanosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (85 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 10.0 m
- Weight
- 6 t
- Type locality
- Rio Negro, Argentina
- Holotype
- MPCA 460
- PBDB
- txn:58912