| Sarmientosaurus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Somphospondyli |
| Clade: | †Diamantinasauria |
| Genus: | †Sarmientosaurus Martínez et al., 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Sarmientosaurus musacchioi Martínez et al., 2016
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Sarmientosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauria.[1] It lived in what is now South America, specifically Argentina, during the Upper Cretaceous Period about 95 million years ago.[2] The type species is Sarmientosaurus musacchioi.
- ^ Joyce, Christopher (April 26, 2016). "Superhearing And Fast Growth ... Scientists Learn Why Sauropods Ruled". All Things Considered. npr.org.
The team called this new species sarmientosaurus, a member of a subgroup of sauropods called titanosaurs.
- ^ Chang, Kenneth (2016-04-26). "Sarmientosaurus Was a 10-Ton Dinosaur With a Plum-Sized Brain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-27.