Neuquensaurus

Neuquén lizard

• Neuquén · Place name (Neuquén Province, Argentina) · the province where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Neuquén, the Argentine province (and surrounding basin) where the first fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It means "Neuquén lizard" and marks the place of discovery. The type species was originally described as a species of Titanosaurus before being given its own genus.

Named by

Powell

Year named

1992

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Anacleto Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A small titanosaurian sauropod (family Saltasauridae). The type species, Neuquensaurus australis, was first described by Lydekker in 1893 as Titanosaurus australis. A second species, N. robustus, was formerly placed in Saltasaurus.