Nopcsaspondylus Temporal range:
Cenomanian
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Holotype dorsal vertebra of Nopcsaspondylus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | † Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | † Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | † Diplodocoidea |
Family: | † Rebbachisauridae |
Genus: | †
Nopcsaspondylus Apesteguía, 2007 |
Species: | †N. alarconensis
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Binomial name | |
†Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía,
2007
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Nopcsaspondylus (meaning " Nopcsa's vertebra", in reference to the original describer) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Cenomanian-age ( Upper Cretaceous) Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time. [1] [2] The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids. [1]