Microcoelus

small hollow

• mikros · Greek · small
• koilos · Greek · hollow

The name combines Greek words for "small" and "hollow". It most likely refers to the small hollows (cavities) in the sides of the vertebra on which the genus was based. The fossil is too incomplete to be told apart from other titanosaurs.

Named by

Lydekker

Year named

1893

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A sauropod (probably a titanosaur) known from scrappy remains, with the type species Microcoelus patagonicus. It is generally regarded as a nomen dubium because the material has no diagnostic features. The exact stage of the fossils is uncertain.