Barrosasaurus
buh-ROH-suh-SORE-us /bəˌroʊsəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Sierra Barrosa lizard
- Barrosa · Spanish (place name) · Sierra Barrosa, the fossil locality in Neuquén, Argentina
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Barrosasaurus is named after the Sierra Barrosa, the locality in Neuquén Province, Argentina, where the fossils were found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. The type species, B. casamiquelai, honours the Argentine paleontologist Rodolfo Casamiquela. It is a titanosaurian sauropod known mainly from vertebrae.
- Named by
- Salgado and Coria
- Year named
- 2009
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Anacleto Formation, Sierra Barrosa, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Valid titanosaurian sauropod; type species Barrosasaurus casamiquelai.