Name:
Barrosasaurus.
Phonetic: Bar-ro-sah-sore-us.
Named By: Leonardo Salgado & Rodolfo A.
Coria - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda.
Species: B. casamiquelai
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossils.
Known locations: Argentina, Neuqu�n Province -
Anacleto Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Three dorsal (back)
vertebrae.
Barrosasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of its description, the genus is only represented by three dorsal vertebrae.
Further reading
- Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen. et sp.
nov., a new
titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Anacleto Formation
(Late Cretaceous: early Campanian) of Sierra Barrosa (Neuqu�n,
Argentina). - Zootaxa. 2222: 1–16. - Leonardo Salgado
& Rodolfo A. Coria - 2009.