Neuquensaurus

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Neuquensaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Titanosauridae
Genus: Neuquensaurus
Species: N. australis
Binomial name
Neuquensaurus australis
Powell, 1992

Neuquensaurus (meaning "Neuquen lizard") was a titanosaur that appeared in the late Cretaceous period 71 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay in South America. This dinosaur was 34-51 feet (10-15 meters) long. Like many of the later sauropods, it had body armor. It is related to Saltasaurus.

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