Menucocelsior

Name: Menucocelsior ‭(‬the taller one from Salitral Ojo del Agua‭)‬.
Phonetic: Men-u-co-sel-se-or.
Named By: M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Rolando,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Agnol�n,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Motta,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rodazilla‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Macronaria,‭ ‬Titanosauria,‭ ‬Eutitanosauria.
Species: M.‭ ‬arriagadai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Holotype individual roughly estimated to have been about‭ ‬8‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Allen Formation.
Time period: Mid Campanian/Early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.

       Menucocelsior is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The sauropod record of Salitral Ojo del Agua:‭ ‬An Upper Cretaceous‭ (‬Allen Formation‭) ‬fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬129:‭ ‬105029.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Rolando,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Agnol�n,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Motta,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rodazilla‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.



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