Microcoelus
| Microcoelus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Titanosauroidea |
| Family: | †Titanosauridae |
| Genus: | Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893 |
| Species: | M. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893 | |
Microcoelus is a dubius genus of small Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur native to Argentina.[1][2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra. A left humerus was formerly referred to this species, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus.[1] This species may be a synonym of the contemporary sauropod Neuquensaurus austalis.[3]
References
- 1 2 A. Otero and M. Reguero. (2013). "Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens." Palaeontologia Electronica, 16(1): 1-24.
- ↑ The Palaeobiology Database
- ↑ J. S. McIntosh. 1990. Sauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmólska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley 345-401
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