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NOTOCOLOSSUS
(no-toe-col-los-sus)
meaning: "Southern colossus"
Notocolossus
Named By: B. J. Gonzalez Riga, M. C. Lamanna, L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo & J. P. Coria in 2016
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 86 Ma
Location: Argentina - Plottier Formation
Size: Humerus measures about 1.76 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains of at least two individuals together including dorsal (back) and caudal (tail) vertebrae, partial pubis, hind foot bones and a humerus (upper arm bone)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Somphospondyli | Titanosauria |
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Notocolossus is a genus of herbivorous lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from late Cretaceous strata of Mendoza Province, Argentina.

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