Drusilasaura
| Drusilasaura Temporal range:
Upper Cretaceous , | |
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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: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Colossosauria |
| Genus: | †Drusilasaura Navarrete et al. 2011 |
| Species: | †D. deseadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Drusilasaura deseadensis Navarrete et al. 2011
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Drusilasaura is an
sauropod dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian stage) of Santa Cruz Province of southern Patagonia, Argentina
.
Drusilasaura is known from the
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco subsequently collected the remains.[1]
Drusilasaura was named by
Río Deseado.[2]
Drusilasaura is a large sauropod. The length of the scapula is 143 centimetres, 30% longer than that of Mendozasaurus.[2]
Drusilasaura was assigned to the
Titanosauridae by the describers and considered a possible member of the Lognkosauria. If so, it would be the oldest known lognkosaurian.[2]
References
- ^ Navarrete, C.; Casal, G. & Martínez, R., (2008), "Nuevos materiales de Titanosauridae (Lognkosauria?) de la Formación Bajo Barreal, Cretácico Superior, Santa Cruz, Argentina". In: CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE PALEONTOLOGÍA DE VERTEBRADOS, 3, 2008. Libro de Resúmenes p. 176
- ^ .