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ARKHARAVIA
(ark-ha-rah-ve-ah)
Named By: V. R. Alifanov & Y. L. Bolotsky in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Location: Russia
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Based upon a caudal (tail) vertebrae and a tooth. Further caudal vertebrae where later added to the genus
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauriformes | Somphospondyli |
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Arkharavia is a dubious genus of somphospondylan sauropod, but at least some of the remains probably belong to a hadrosaurid. It lived in what is now Russia, during the Late Cretaceous. It was described in 2010 by Alifanov and Bolotsky. The type species is A. heterocoelica.

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