Biology:Microcoelus
From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of dinosaurs
| Microcoelus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Holotype dorsal vertebra | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Family: | †Saltasauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Saltasaurinae |
| Genus: | †Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893 |
| Species: | †M. patagonicus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893
| |
Microcoelus (meaning "small hollow") is a dubious genus of small titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Argentina .[1][2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra. A left humerus was formerly referred to this species, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus.[1] This species is considered a nomen dubium.[1]
It was described by British paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1893.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A. Otero and M. Reguero. (2013). "Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens." Palaeontologia Electronica, 16(1): 1–24.
- ↑ The Palaeobiology Database
- ↑ Lydekker, R. (1893). Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2: 1–16.
Wikidata ☰ Q13851602 entry
 |  |
