Rugocaudia
| Rugocaudia Temporal range: Early 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: | † Titanosauriformes
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| Genus: | †Rugocaudia Woodruff, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Rugocaudia cooneyi Woodruff, 2012
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Rugocaudia is a potentially
Discovery
Rugocaudia is known only from the
metacarpal. It was collected from the Cloverly Formation, dating to the Aptian or the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[1]
Validity
Rugocaudia is considered to be a nomen dubium by D'Emic and Foreman.[2]
Etymology
Rugocaudia was first described and named by D. Cary Woodruff in
generic name is deriverd from Latin ruga, "wrinkle" and cauda, "tail" in regards to the highly rugose posterior margins of the caudal vertebrae. The specific name honors the land owner J.P. Cooney.[1]
References
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- S2CID 128486488.
