| Pitekunsaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Pitekunsaurus Filippi & Garrido,2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Pitekunsaurus macayai Filippi & Garrido, 2008 | |
Pitekunsaurus is agenus oftitanosauriansauropoddinosaur from theLate CretaceousAnacleto Formation ofNeuquén,Argentina. It was described by L. Filippi and A. Garrido in 2008. Thetype species isP. macayai.[1] Thegeneric name is derived fromMapudungunpitekun, meaning "to discover", theepitheton honours the discoverer, oil company explorer Luis Macaya, who found thefossil in April 2004.
Pitekunsaurus appears to be a genus ofaeolosaurid, most closely related to the generaGondwanatitan andAeolosaurus.[2] Its braincase closely resembles that of the aeolosauridMuyelensaurus as well as the titanosaursincertae sedisVahiny andJainosaurus.[3][4] It cannot be compared to the more closely relatedAeolosaurus andGondwanatitan in this regard, as neither genus is known from cranial material.
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