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BARROSASAURUS
(bar-ro-sah-sore-us)
Named By: Leonardo Salgado & Rodolfo A. Coria in 2009
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Argentina, Neuquen Province - Anacleto Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossils
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Three dorsal (back) vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda |
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Barrosasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, first described by paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Rodolfo Coria in 2009. The fossils, consisting of three fossil dorsal (back) vertebrae, are well-preserved but incomplete. They were discovered in the Anacleto Formation of the Neuquen province of western Argentina. The type species is Barrosasaurus casamiquelai. The specific epithet honours the Argentinian paleontologist Rodolfo Magin Casamiquela.

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