Nopcsaspondylus
Nopcsaspondylus (meaning "Nopcsa's vertebra", in reference to the original describer) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Cenomanian-age (Upper Cretaceous) Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time. The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids.
Nopcsaspondylus Temporal range: Cenomanian ~ | |
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Holotype dorsal vertebra of Nopcsaspondylus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
Genus: | †Nopcsaspondylus Apesteguía, 2007 |
Species: | †N. alarconensis |
Binomial name | |
†Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía, 2007 | |
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