Genus
Valid Extinct

Neuquensaurus

Powell 1992

Neuquensaurus 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
14
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Neuquensaurus
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Réplica expuesta en CaixaForum Sevilla. Neuquensaurus australis último de los titanosaurios. Encontrado en Cinco Saltos, Neuquén por Santiago Roth. Ocho metros de longitud y tres mil kilos de peso. © Jl FilpoC · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Saltasauroidea Superfamily
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Lohuecosauria Unranked clade
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Saltasauridae Unranked clade
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Saltasaurinae Subfamily
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Saltasaurini Tribe
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Neuquensaurus Genus
Fossil sites 14 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
13
🇺🇾 Uruguay
1
Geological formations
Anacleto
5
Bajo de la Carpa
4
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1
Río Colorado
1
Allen
1
Asencio
1
Lecho
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
4
Species (4)
Loricosaurus scutatus subjective synonym of Neuquensaurus australis 86 Ma
Microcoelus patagonicus nomen dubium, species not entered Neuquensaurus 86 Ma
Neuquensaurus australis 86 Ma
Neuquensaurus robustus nomen dubium, species not entered Neuquensaurus 86 Ma
Synonyms (4)
Loricosaurus subjective synonym of Neuquensaurus
Microcoelus subjective synonym of Neuquensaurus
Microcoelus patagonicus nomen dubium, species not entered Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus robustus nomen dubium, species not entered Neuquensaurus
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
J. E. Powell. 1992. Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina]. In J. L. Sanz & A. D. Buscalioni (eds.), Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca. Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina
Bibliography (8)
M. D. D'Emic and J. A. Wilson. 2011. New remains attributable to the holotype of the sauropod dinosaur Neuquensaurus australis, with implications for saltasaurine systematics. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(1):61-73 DOI ↗
A. Otero. 2010. The appendicular skeleton of Neuquensaurus, a Late Cretaceous saltasaurine sauropod from Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(3):399-426 DOI ↗
J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173
L. Salgado and J. O. Calvo. 1999. Nuevos restos de Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) en el Cretácico Superior de Río Negro [New remains of Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) in the Upper Cretaceous of Río Negro]. XIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Neuquén y Plaza Huincul, 18 al 20 de mayo de 1998, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(1):108
F. v. Huene. 1931. Verschiedene mesozoische Wirbeltierreste aus Südamerika [Different Mesozoic vertebrate remains from South America]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung A 66:181-198
F. v. Huene. 1929. Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino. Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2 3:1-196
F. v. Huene. 1929. Terrestrische Oberkreide in Uruguay [The terrestrial Upper Cretaceous in Uruguay]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie Abteilung B 1929:107-112
R. Lydekker. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2:1-16