Pitekunsaurus
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| Pitekunsaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Family: | †Aeolosauridae |
| Tribe: | †Aeolosaurini |
| Genus: | †Pitekunsaurus Filippi & Garrido, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Pitekunsaurus macayai Filippi & Garrido, 2008 | |
Pitekunsaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Argentina. It was described by L. Filippi and A. Garrido in 2008. The type species is P. macayai.[1] The generic name is derived from Mapudungun pitekun, meaning "to discover", the epitheton honours the discoverer, oil company explorer Luis Macaya, who found the fossil in April 2004.
References
- ↑ Filippi, L.S.; and Garrido, A.C. (2008). "Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from Upper Cretaceous Neuquén Basin, Argentina". Ameghiniana 45 (3): 575–590.
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