Mesetasaurus, new sauropod from Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay (free pdf)
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Ben Creisler
Jul 9, 2026, 11:46:45 AM (8 days ago) Jul 9
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A new sauropod from Uruguay is described. It allows to stablish correlations with Upper Cretaceous units from Argentina and Brazil.
Abstract
The Upper Cretaceous Guichón Formation (northwestern Uruguay) has yielded remains of notosuchian crocodyliforms, iguanodontian ornithopods, and saltasauroid titanosaurs. Two well-preserved sauropod caudal vertebrae from this unit are described herein from a new locality, Meseta de Artigas. The combination of synapomorphies allows the erection of a new taxon, Mesetasaurus protector gen. et sp. nov. It shares characters with members of the clade Aeolosaurini, such as strongly anteriorly inclined anterior face, neural arch placed at the level of the anterior border, anteriorly inclined neural spine, and long prezygapophyses. A phylogenetic analysis retrieves the new taxon deeply nested within Aeolosaurini. Given that Aeolosaurini is a Coniacian–Maastrichtian clade, this new sauropod provides additional evidence that suggests this age for the Guichón Formation. This is the second record of Aeolosaurini in Uruguay, and the second lineage of titanosaurian sauropods from the unit.
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Mesetasaurus protector gen. et sp. nov.
Matías Soto Núñez, Felipe Montenegro and Daniel Perea (2026)
A new aeolosaurini (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay
Ameghiniana (advance online publication)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.19.06.2026.3689
Mesetasaurus protector gen. et sp. nov.
Matías Soto Núñez, Felipe Montenegro and Daniel Perea (2026)
A new aeolosaurini (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay
Ameghiniana (advance online publication)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.19.06.2026.3689
Short Description
A new sauropod from Uruguay is described. It allows to stablish correlations with Upper Cretaceous units from Argentina and Brazil.
Abstract
The Upper Cretaceous Guichón Formation (northwestern Uruguay) has yielded remains of notosuchian crocodyliforms, iguanodontian ornithopods, and saltasauroid titanosaurs. Two well-preserved sauropod caudal vertebrae from this unit are described herein from a new locality, Meseta de Artigas. The combination of synapomorphies allows the erection of a new taxon, Mesetasaurus protector gen. et sp. nov. It shares characters with members of the clade Aeolosaurini, such as strongly anteriorly inclined anterior face, neural arch placed at the level of the anterior border, anteriorly inclined neural spine, and long prezygapophyses. A phylogenetic analysis retrieves the new taxon deeply nested within Aeolosaurini. Given that Aeolosaurini is a Coniacian–Maastrichtian clade, this new sauropod provides additional evidence that suggests this age for the Guichón Formation. This is the second record of Aeolosaurini in Uruguay, and the second lineage of titanosaurian sauropods from the unit.
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