Named By: | Sebastian Apesteguia in 2007 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous |
Location: | Argentina, Neuquen Province - Candeleros Formation |
Size: | Unknown |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Dorsal (back) vertebra |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Diplodocoidea | Rebbachisauridae | |
Nopcsaspondylus (meaning "Franz Nopcsa's vertebra", in reference to the original describer) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Cenomanian-age (Upper Cretaceous) Candeleros Formation of Neuquen, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time. The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids.