Microcoelus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
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Microcoelus (meaning "small hollow") is a dubious genus of small titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian stage) Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Argentina.[1][2] It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra, although a left humerus was formerly referred to this taxon, but it is now considered to belong to Neuquensaurus.[1] The type (and only known) species is M. patagonicus, described by British paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1893.[3]
| Microcoelus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Holotype dorsal vertebra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Family: | †Saltasauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Saltasaurinae |
| Genus: | †Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893 |
| Species: | †M. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893 | |
