Pilmatueia

Pil-mah-tew-e-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Pilmatueia ‭(‬named after Pilmatu�‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pil-mah-tew-e-ah.

Named By

R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Coria,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Windholz,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Currie‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Dicraeosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬faundezi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mulichinco Formation.

Time Period

Valanginian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains such as vertebrae.

In Depth

       Pilmatueia is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Analysis of known vertebrae of Pilmatueia show enlarged neural spines which have led to the idea that Pilmatueia would have been similar to the much better known Amargasaurus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous‭ (‬Mulichinco Formation,‭ ‬Valanginian,‭ ‬Neuqu�n Basin‭) ‬of Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬93:33-48.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Coria,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Windholz,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Currie‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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