Chubutisaurus

Chubutisaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Albian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Sauropoda
(unranked):	Titanosauria
Genus:	Chubutisaurus del Corro, 1975
Species
C. insignis del Corro, 1975 (type)

Chubutisaurus (meaning "Chubut lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It lived in South America. It is classified as a sauropod, specifically one of the titanosaurs. The type species, C. insignis, was described by del Corro in 1975. Its fossils were found in the Cerro Barcino Formation, Albian stage, about 110 million years ago.^[1] Chubutisaurus had a more robust radius than Venenosaurus.^[2]

See also

• 1975 in paleontology

Footnotes

1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004).
2. ^ "Forelimb," Tidwell, Carpenter, and Meyer (2001). Page 148.

References

• Tidwell, V., Carpenter, K. & Meyer, S. 2001. New Titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (eds.). Indiana University Press, Eds. D.H. Tanke & K. Carpenter. Indiana University Press. 139-165.
• Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

External links

Dinosaurs portal

• Chubutisaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia
• Chubutisaurus in the Paleobiology Database
• Chubutisaurus in the Dino Directory