Neuquensaurus

Neuquensaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80 Ma
Neuquensaurus skeletal mount in the Dinosaurios más allá de la extinción exhibition
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Family: Saltasauridae
Tribe: Saltasaurini
Genus: Neuquensaurus
Powell, 1992
Type species
Titanosaurus australis
Lydekker, 1893
Species
  • N. australis (Lydekker, 1893)
  • N. robustus (Huene, 1929 [originally Titanosaurus]) (nomen dubium)
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
  • Microcoelus patagonicus?
    Lydekker, 1893
  • Titanosaurus australis
    Lydekker, 1893
  • Titanosaurus nanus
    Lydekker, 1893
  • Titanosaurus robustus
    von Huene, 1929
  • Loricosaurus scutatus?
    von Huene, 1929
  • Saltasaurus australis
    (Lydekker, 1893 [originally Titanosaurus])
  • Saltasaurus robustus
    (von Huene, 1929 [originally Titanosaurus])

Neuquensaurus (meaning "Neuquén lizard") is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago in Argentina in South America. Its fossils were recovered from outcrops of the Anacleto Formation around Cinco Saltos, near the Neuquén river from which its name is derived.