Campylodoniscus

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iCampylodoniscus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Genus: Campylodoniscus

Campylodoniscus (meaning 'bent toothed', from Greek καμπυλος meaning 'bent' or 'curved' (as of a bow) and οδους meaning 'tooth') was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Argentina. The type species, C. ameghinoi, was first described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929. It lived during the Campanian to Maastrichtian and was around 20 meters in length.

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