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MUYELENSAURUS
(moy-el-en-sore-us)
meaning: "Muyelen lizard"
Named By: J. O. Calvo, B. J. Gonzalez Riga & J. D. Porfiri in 2007
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Argentina, Neuquen Province - Plottier Formation
Size: About 11 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and post cranial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauria |
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Muyelensaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was more slender than other titanosaurs. Fossils have been recovered from the Neuquen province in Patagonia. The type species is M. pecheni. The name Muyelensaurus first appeared in a 2007 paper by Argentine paleontologists Jorge Calvo of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue and Bernardo Gonzalez Riga of the Laboratorio de Paleovertebrados, and Brazilian paleontologist Juan Porfiri of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

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