| Drusilasaura | |
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| Speculativelife reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Colossosauria |
| Genus: | †Drusilasaura Navarreteet al.2011 |
| Species: | †D. deseadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Drusilasaura deseadensis Navarreteet al. 2011 | |
Drusilasaura is anextinctgenus of possiblelognkosauriantitanosaursauropoddinosaur which lived during the lateCretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian stage) ofSanta Cruz Province of southernPatagonia,Argentina.
Drusilasaura is known from theholotypeMPM-PV 2097/1 to 2097/19, a partialskeleton including four dorsalvertebrae, a sacral vertebra, six caudal vertebrae, a leftscapula, dorsalrib fragments and other fragments. It was found by palaeontologistMarcelo Tejedor searching fossilmammals, in layers of the Upper Member of theBajo Barreal Formation, on the María Aike Ranch owned by the Ortiz de Zárate family. A team from theLaboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados of theUniversidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco subsequently collected the remains.[1]
Drusilasaura was named byCésar Navarrete,Gabriel Casal andRubén Martínez in2011. Thetype species isDrusilasaura deseadensis. The generic name honours Drusila Ortiz de Zárate, a young female member of the family who owns the ranch where the fossil was found, also making the name end in the feminine "-saura" instead of the masculine "-saurus". Thespecific name refers to theRío Deseado.[2]
Drusilasaura is a large sauropod. The length of the scapula is 143 centimetres, 30% longer than that ofMendozasaurus.[2]
Drusilasaura was assigned to theTitanosauridae by the describers and considered a possible member of theLognkosauria. If so, it would be the oldest known lognkosaurian.[2]
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