Epachthosaurus
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| Epachthosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell, 1990 |
Epachthosaurus (meaning "heavy lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod. Its fossils have been found in Central and Northern Patagonia in South America.
The type species, E. sciuttoi, was described by Powell in 1990. A nearly complete skeleton was described in 2004.
[edit] References
Powell, J. (1990). "Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.) un dinosaurio sauropodo del Cretácico de Patagonia (provincia de Chubut, Argentina)." Actas del Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 5: p 125-128
[edit] External links
- Epachthosaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at DinoRuss' Lair
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