Sektensaurus

Name: Sektensaurus ‭(‬island lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Sek-ten-sor-us.
Named By: Lúcio M.‭ ‬Ibiricu,‭ ‬Gabriel A.Casal,‭ ‬Rubén D.‭ ‬Martínez,‭ ‬Marcelo Luna,‭ ‬Juan I.‭ ‬Canale,‭ ‬Bruno N.‭ ‬Álvarez‭ & ‬Bernardo González Riga‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Elasmaria.
Species: S.‭ ‬sanjuanboscoi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lago Colhué Huapí Formation.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Sektensaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new ornithopod dinosaur‭ (‬Dinosauria‭; ‬Ornithischia‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lúcio M.‭ ‬Ibiricu,‭ ‬Gabriel A.Casal,‭ ‬Rubén D.‭ ‬Martínez,‭ ‬Marcelo Luna,‭ ‬Juan I.‭ ‬Canale,‭ ‬Bruno N.‭ ‬Álvarez‭ & ‬Bernardo González Riga‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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