#quetecsaurus

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Quetecsaurus rusconii

Source: @spinosaurus-the-fisher

Name: Quetecsaurus rusconii

Name Meaning: Fire Reptile 

First Described: 2014

Described By: González Riga & Ortiz David 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauria, Massopoda, Sauropodiformes, Anchisauria, Sauropoda, Gravisauria, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Titanosauriformes, Somphospondyli, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia

Quetecsaurus is a recently discovered titanosaur from the Cerro Lisandro Formation of Mednoza Province, Argentina. It lived in the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous, around 90 million years ago. It is known from some vertebrae, ribs, and portions of the leg, as well as teeth. It is actually fairly well known, and was closely related to Medozasaurus and Futalognkosaurus. 

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetecsaurus

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/q/quetecsaurus.html

González Riga, B. J., and L. Ortiz David. 2014. A new Titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 51 (1): 3-25. 

Shout out goes to @manic8balls!

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The sauropods of 2014 in all their fragmentary glory. Spent way too much time on this. So many fun names too, it's a shame there's so little to base a drawing off of.