Microcoelus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Holotype dorsal vertebra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | † Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | † Sauropoda |
Clade: | † Macronaria |
Clade: | † Titanosauria |
Family: | † Saltasauridae |
Subfamily: | † Saltasaurinae |
Genus: | † Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893 |
Species: | †M. patagonicus |
Binomial name | |
†Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893 | |
Microcoelus (meaning "small hollow") is a dubious genus of small titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Argentina. [1] [2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra. A left humerus was formerly referred to this species, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus . [1] This species is considered a nomen dubium. [1]
It was described by British paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1893. [3]