Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus australis
Neuquensaurus (meaning "Neuquén lizard") is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 80-66 million years ago in Argentina in South America. Its fossils were recovered from outcrops of the Anacleto Formation around Cinco Saltos, near the Neuquén river from which its name is derived.
- Family
- Saltasauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (83.0–70.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 7.0–8.0 m
- Weight
- 4.5–5.0 t
- Type locality
- Anacleto Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
- Holotype
- MLP Ly 1-26
- PBDB
- txn:64317