Genus

Valid Extinct

Notocolossus

González Riga et al. 2016

Notocolossus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from late Cretaceous strata of Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Figure 1: Geographic provenance and speculative reconstruction of the gigantic titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi gen. et sp. nov. (a) Type locality of Notocolossus (indicated by star) in southern-most Mendoza Province, Argentina. (b) Reconstructed skeleton and body silhouette in right lateral view, with preserved elements of the holotype (UNCUYO-LD 301) in light green and those of the referred specimen (UNCUYO-LD 302) in orange. Scale bar, 1 m. (All images were hand drawn by the senior author [B.J.G.R.] and subsequently edited using Adobe Illustrator software.) © Bernardo J. González Riga, Matthew C. Lamanna, Leonardo D. Ortiz David, Jorge O. Calvo & Juan P. Coria · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Saurischia Unranked clade

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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade

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Massopoda Unranked clade

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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade

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Sauropoda Unranked clade

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Gravisauria Unranked clade

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Eusauropoda Unranked clade

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Neosauropoda Unranked clade

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Macronaria Unranked clade

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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade

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Somphospondyli Unranked clade

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Titanosauria Unranked clade

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Colossosauria Unranked clade

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Notocolossus Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Plottier

Temporal distribution

Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)

Species (1)

Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi 90 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, and L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo, J. P. Coria. 2016. A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot. Scientific Reports 6:19165:1-15 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)