Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell 1990 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combination: Epachtosaurus sciuttoi

Full reference: J. E. Powell. 1990. Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), un dinosaurio sauropodo del Cretácico de Patagonia (Provincia de Chubut, Argentina) [Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), a sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia (Chubut province, Argentina)]. Actas del V Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán, Argentina 1:123-128

Belongs to Epachthosaurus according to M. Soto et al. 2012

See also Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía et al. 2021, Bonaparte and Coria 1993, Campos et al. 2005, Casal and Ibiricu 2010, Casal et al. 2007, Casal et al. 2010, Cerda et al. 2015, Curry Rogers 2005, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2015, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Kellner et al. 2005, Kellner et al. 2006, Lamanna et al. 2002, Lopes and Buchmann 2008, Mannion and Otero 2012, Martínez and Novas 2006, Navarrete et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Novas 1997, Poropat et al. 2023, Powell 1990, Powell 1992, Powell 2003, Salgado 1996, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado et al. 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Salgado and Coria 2009, Simón et al. 2018, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Zhang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MACN-CH 1317, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos", which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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