Quetecsaurus

Quetecsaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Turonian
Skeletal restoration, known material in blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Genus: Quetecsaurus
González Riga & Ortiz David, 2014
Type species
Quetecsaurus rusconii
González Riga & Ortiz David, 2014

Quetecsaurus (meaning "fire lizard", from the Milcayac word "quetec"[1]) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Mendoza Province, western Argentina. It contains a single species, Quetecsaurus rusconii.[1]

  1. ^ a b González Riga, Bernardo J.; Ortiz David, Leonardo (2013). "A New Titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina". Ameghiniana. 51 (1): 3–25. doi:10.5710/AMGH.24.12.2013.1889. hdl:11336/3819.