[D] Tehuelchesaurus benitezii [Si] [sG] [T]
Describer
Rich, Vickers-Rich, Gimenez, Cuneo, Puerta & Vacca, 1999
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Cañadón Calcareo Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina
Info
Genus -Typespecies - Skin
Based on about 50 percent of a skeleton of one individual. The ten most posterior dorsal centra are not complete, lacking much of the neural arches, nonetheless it is their features which provide the most useful evidence regarding the affinities of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii.
Primarily on that basis, Tehuelchesaurus benitezii appears to have its closest affinities with the Chinese Middle Jurassic cetiosaur Omeisaurus tianfuensis.\\\\\\\"
Named after the Tehuelche Indians, who populate the locality where the type specimen was discovered, and Aldino Benitez, the discoverer of the specimen.
Originally described as hailing from the Canodon Asfalto Formation (Callovian; Rich et al., 1999) Rauhut, O.W.M. (2003). A dentary of Patagosaurus (Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 40(3): 425-432 says it comes from the younger Cañadón Calcareo Formation (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian).
Rich, Vickers-Rich, Gimenez, Cuneo, Puerta & Vacca, 1999
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Cañadón Calcareo Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina
Info
Genus -Typespecies - Skin
Based on about 50 percent of a skeleton of one individual. The ten most posterior dorsal centra are not complete, lacking much of the neural arches, nonetheless it is their features which provide the most useful evidence regarding the affinities of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii.
Primarily on that basis, Tehuelchesaurus benitezii appears to have its closest affinities with the Chinese Middle Jurassic cetiosaur Omeisaurus tianfuensis.\\\\\\\"
Named after the Tehuelche Indians, who populate the locality where the type specimen was discovered, and Aldino Benitez, the discoverer of the specimen.
Originally described as hailing from the Canodon Asfalto Formation (Callovian; Rich et al., 1999) Rauhut, O.W.M. (2003). A dentary of Patagosaurus (Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 40(3): 425-432 says it comes from the younger Cañadón Calcareo Formation (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian).