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Zapalasaurus
Temporal range: Barremian-Early Aptian
~130–120Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Suborder:
†Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:
†Sauropoda
Superfamily:
†Diplodocoidea
Family:
†Rebbachisauridae
Genus:
†Zapalasaurus

Salgado et al. 2006
Species
  • †Z. bonapartei Salgado et al. 2006 (type)

Zapalasaurus is a genus of dinosaur named after the city of Zapala. The type species, Zapalasaurus bonapartei, was found in Neuquén Province, Argentina. It was a diplodocoid, a long-necked herbivore, and it lived during the Early Cretaceous.

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