Microcoelus

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Microcoelus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous Santonian
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Holotype dorsal vertebra
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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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 A. Otero and M. Reguero. (2013). "Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens." Palaeontologia Electronica, 16(1): 1–24.
  2. The Palaeobiology Database
  3. Lydekker, R. (1893). Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina2: 1–16.