Baalsaurus
| Baalsaurus | |
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| Jaw of Bonitasaura (bottom) compared to that of Baalsaurus (top) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Genus: | †Baalsaurus Calvo & González Riga, 2019 |
| Species: | †B. mansillai
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| Binomial name | |
| †Baalsaurus mansillai Calvo & González Riga, 2019
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Baalsaurus (named after the dinosaur fossil site Baal in
and only known species is B. mansillai, with the specific name honoring the discoverer Juan Eduardo Mansilla, a museum technician at the Geology and Paleontology Museum of the National University of Comahue.The
dentary that was found in rocks of the upper Portezuelo Formation. The dentary is squared-off instead of curved when viewed from above or below, with the teeth crowded into the front of the jaw, making it similar to the jaw of Antarctosaurus, Brasilotitan, and to a lesser extent Bonitasaura. The specimen is currently held at the Geology and Paleontology Museum of the National University of Comahue, Parque Natural Geo-Paleontológico Proyecto Dino, Barreales Lake.[1]
References
- hdl:11336/100692.