Genus
Valid Extinct

Cienciargentina

Simón and Salgado 2025

Cienciargentina is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Cienciargentina sanchezi, known from three partial skeletons of different sizes. Cienciargentina is the fourth definitive rebbachisaurid to be named from the Huincul Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Cienciargentina Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
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Geological formations
Huincul
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Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Cienciargentina sanchezi 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. E. Simón and L. Salgado. 2025. New rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (upper Cenomanian-Turonian) of Villa El Chocón (Neuquén Province, Argentina). Cretaceous Research 173(78):106137 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. E. Simón and L. Salgado. 2025. New rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (upper Cenomanian-Turonian) of Villa El Chocón (Neuquén Province, Argentina). Cretaceous Research 173(78):106137 DOI ↗