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MALARGUESAURUS
(mal-ar-gu-sore-us)
Named By: B. J. Gonzalez Riga, E. Previtera & C. A. Pirrone in 2009
Time Period: Turonian-Coniacian~91-88 Ma
Location: Argentina, Mendoza Province - Portezuelo Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains, including ribs, vertebrae and limb bones
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauriformes |
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Malarguesaurus is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Its fossils, consisting of tail vertebrae, chevrons, ribs, and limb bones, were found in the late Turonian-early Coniacian-age (~89 million years old) Portezuelo Formation of the Neuquen Group. The type species, described by Gonzalez Riga et al. in 2008, is M. florenciae.

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