Genus
Valid Extinct

Nopcsaspondylus

Apesteguía 2007

Nopcsaspondylus is a dubious genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time. The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Nopcsaspondylus
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Holotype dorsal vertebra of Nopcsasopondylus. © Baron Nopcsa · Public domain · Wikimedia
Nopcsaspondylus
Nopcsaspondylus
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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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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Khebbashia Unranked clade
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Nopcsaspondylus Genus
Measurements
Length
3,6 m ⓘ
Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis
Mass
120 kg ⓘ
Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Candeleros
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis 113 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
S. Apesteguía. 2007. The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina). Gondwana Research 12:533-546 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Apesteguía. 2007. The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina). Gondwana Research 12:533-546 DOI ↗