Malarguesaurus

Malarguesaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Sauropoda
(unranked):	Titanosauriformes
Genus:	Malarguesaurus González Riga et al., 2009
Species
M. florenciae González Riga et al., 2009 (type)

Malarguesaurus is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Its fossils, consisting of tail vertebrae, chevrons, ribs, and limb bones, were found in the late Turonian-early Coniacian-age (~89 million years old) Portezuelo Formation of the Neuquén Group. The type species, described by González Riga et al. in 2009, is M. florenciae. Described as a robust sauropod, its closest known relatives may be Ligabuesaurus and Phuwiangosaurus. Like other sauropods, Malarguesaurus would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore.Malarguesaurus is the second sauropod dinosaur discovered in Mendoza Province; the first is Mendozasaurus neguyelap.

External links

• Malarguesaurus and other South American sauropods