Bajadasaurus

Bajada lizard

• Bajada · Spanish · slope or descent (from Bajada Colorada Formation)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Bajadasaurus means "Bajada lizard". It is named after the Bajada Colorada Formation in Argentina, where the fossil was found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. It is a dicraeosaurid sauropod known for tall, forward-pointing bifurcated spines on its neck vertebrae, which may have supported display or defensive structures.

Named by

Gallina et al.

Year named

2019

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Valanginian – Hauterivian

Found in

Bajada Colorada Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Type species is Bajadasaurus pronuspinax. It is a dicraeosaurid sauropod. The stage range is approximate.