Named By: | J. E. Powell in 1992 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 80 Ma |
Location: | Argentina, Rio Negro Province - Anacleto Formation |
Size: | About 8 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost the entire post cranial skeleton is known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Dinosauria | Sauropodomorpha | Titanosauria | Saltasauridae | Saltasaurinae | |
Also known as: | | Loricosaurus | Loricosaurus scutatus | Microcoelus | Saltasaurus australis | Saltasaurus robustus | Titanosaurus nanus | Titanosaurus australis | Titanosaurus robustus | |
Neuquensaurus (meaning "Neuquen lizard") is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay in South America. Its fossils were recovered from outcrops of the Anacleto Formation around Cinco Saltos, near the Neuquen river from which its name is derived.