[D] Microcoelus patagonicus [jG]
Describer
Lydekker, 1893
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Rio Colorado Formation or Allen Fm., Provincia de Neuquen, Argentina
Fall Under
Saltasaurus
Info
Genus
Saltasaurus (Bonaparte & Powell, 1980) = Microcoelus (Lydekker, 1893) Loricosaurus (Huene, 1929)
Saltasaurus > Saltasaurus loricatus (Bonaparte & Powell, 1980) > Saltasaurus robustus (Huene, 1929) = Titanosaurus robustus (Huene, 1929)
Saltasaurus > Saltasaurus australis (Lydekker, 1893) = Titanosaurus australis (Lydekker, 1893) >> Microcoelus patagonicus (Lydekker, 1893) Loricosaurus scutatus (Huene, 1929) Titanosaurus nanus (Lydekker, 1893)
Named for the short size of the pleurocoels on a dorsal vertebra.