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(Redirected from Panamericansaurus schroederi) Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Panamericansaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 79–69 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Clade: Aeolosaurini
Genus: Panamericansaurus
Calvo & Porfiri, 2010
Species: P. schroederi
Binomial name
Panamericansaurus schroederi
Calvo & Porfiri, 2010

Panamericansaurus (meaning "Pan American Energy lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. The holotype is very similar to known fossil material of Aeolosaurus, which Panamericansaurus is thought to be closely related to.

Discovery and naming

The type species Panamericansaurus schroederi was named and described by Jorge Orlando Calvo and Juan Domingo Porfiri in 2010. The generic name refers to the Pan American Energy company which financially supported the paleontological investigations. The specific name honours the Schroeder family on whose land the remains were found. The describers placed Panamericansaurus in a clade within the Titanosauridae, the Aeolosaurini, of which also Aeolosaurus and Gondwanatitan are also members.

The holotype, MUCPv-417, was found in June 2003 in a layer of the Allen Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) near San Patricio del Chañar, in Neuquén, Argentina. It consists of five tail vertebrae, a sacral vertebra, a left humerus, haemal arches and rib fragments. The humerus is 123 centimetres long. The length of the holotype individual has been estimated at 11 metres (36 feet).

References

  1. Calvo, J.O. & Porfiri, J.D. (2010). "Panamericansaurus schroederi gen. nov. sp. nov. Un nuevo Sauropoda (Titanosauridae-Aeolosaurini) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Cretácico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina". Brazilian Geographical Journal: Geosciences and Humanities Research Medium. 1: 100–115. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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