Pitekunsaurus
Name:
Pitekunsaurus
(discover lizard).
Phonetic: Pite-kun-sore-us.
Named By: L. S. Filippi & A. C.
Garrido - 2008.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria, Aeolosauridae,
Aeolosaurini.
Species: P. macayai (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina, Neuquen Province -
Anacleto Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial braincase and post
cranial skeletal remains.
Pitekunsaurus was a titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of writing Pitekunsaurus is usually considered to be an aeolosaurine titanosaur, and as such a relative of such genera as Aeolosaurus, Panamericansaurus and Gondwanatitan. The type species name P. macayai is in honour of Luis Macaya who discovered the first fossils of Pitekunsaurus.
Further reading
- Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov.,
new titanosaur
(Saurischia, Sauropoda) from Upper Cretaceous Neuqu�n Basin,
Argentina. - Ameghiniana 45 (3): 575–590. - L. S.
Filippi & A. C. Garrido - 2008.
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