Zapalasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Zapalasaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
superfamilia = Diplodocoidea
genus = "Zapalasaurus"
genus_authority = Salgado, Carvalho & Garrido, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Z. bonapartei" Salgado "et al.", 2006 (type)

"Zapalasaurus" is a genus of dinosaur described by Leonardo Salgado, Ismar de Souza Carvalho and Alberto C. Garrido, in 2006. The type species, "Zapalasaurus bonapartei", was found in Neuquén Province, Argentina. It was a diplodocoid, a long-necked herbivore, and it lived during the Early Cretaceous. The authors conclude from examining the skeleton that "The record of "Zapalasaurus bonapartei" shows that, at least in the Neuquina Basin, basal diplodocoids were more diverse than previously thought."

External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2006Jul/msg00040.html Dinosaur Mailing List]

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/diplodocoidea.htm Diplodocoidea page, on "Thescelosaurus" site]