Microcoelus (meaning “small hollow”) is a dubious genus of small titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian stage) Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Argentina.[1][2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra, although a left humerus was formerly referred to this taxon, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus.[1] The type (and only known) species is M. patagonicus, described by British paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1893.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
