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- Andesaurus abstract "Andesaurus (/ˌændɨˈsɔrəs/ AN-də-SAWR-əs; "Andes lizard") is a genus of basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed during the middle of the Cretaceous Period in South America. Like most sauropods, it would have had a small head on the end of a long neck and an equally long tail. Andesaurus was a very large sauropod, as were many others of its relatives, which included the largest animals ever to walk the Earth.In 1991, paleontologists Jorge Calvo and Jose Bonaparte named Andesaurus, which refers to the Andes Mountains and also includes the Greek word sauros ("lizard"), because of the proximity of this animal's remains to the Andes. Andesaurus fossils were found by Alejandro Delgado, after whom the single known species (A. delgadoi) is named.The only known material of Andesaurus is a partial skeleton consisting of a series of four vertebrae from the lower back, as well as 27 tail vertebrae, divided up into two series from separate parts of the tail. The vertebrae from the middle part of its tail had elongated centra. Elements of the pelvis were also discovered, including two ischia and a pubis bone, along with rib fragments and an incomplete humerus and femur. Size estimates place Andesaurus at roughly 15 metres (49 ft) to 18 metres (59 ft) in length, and 7 metric tons (7.7 short tons) in weight.These fossils were discovered in the Candeleros Formation, the oldest formation within the Neuquén Group of Neuquén Province, Argentina. This formation dates to the early Cenomanian stage of the Early Cretaceous Period, or about 100 to 97 million years ago. For the most part, the Candeleros represents an ancient braided river system, and besides Andesaurus, also contains fossils of theropods like Buitreraptor and the enormous Giganotosaurus, as well as other non-related sauropods such as Limaysaurus.Several plesiomorphic (primitive) features characterize Andesaurus as the most basal known member of Titanosauria. In fact, this clade has been defined to contain Andesaurus, Saltasaurus, their most recent common ancestor, and all of its descendants. The most prominent plesiomorphy is the articulations between its tail vertebrae. In most derived titanosaurs, the tail vertebrae articulate with ball-and-socket joints, with the hollowed-out socket end on the front (procoelous caudal vertebrae), while in Andesaurus, both ends of the vertebrae are flat (amphiplatyan caudals), as seen in many non-titanosaurian sauropods. Andesaurus itself is only characterized by a single feature, the tall neural spines on top of its back vertebrae, and needs further study.Some other basal titanosaurs from Argentina, including Argentinosaurus and Puertasaurus, were also sauropods of enormous size. The most derived group of titanosaurs, the Saltasauridae, included some of the smallest known sauropods, including Saltasaurus itself. Thus it is possible that the largest sizes were attained among the more basal members of the clade".
- Andesaurus binomialAuthority Jorge_Calvo.
- Andesaurus class Sauropsida.
- Andesaurus family Titanosaur.
- Andesaurus kingdom Animal.
- Andesaurus order Dinosaur.
- Andesaurus order Saurischia.
- Andesaurus order Sauropoda.
- Andesaurus order Sauropodomorpha.
- Andesaurus phylum Chordate.
- Andesaurus wikiPageID "4274596".
- Andesaurus wikiPageLength "6710".
- Andesaurus wikiPageOutDegree "60".
- Andesaurus wikiPageRevisionID "672545155".
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ameghiniana.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Andes.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Argentinosaurus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Basal_(phylogenetics).
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Body_of_vertebra.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Braided_river.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Buitreraptor.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Candeleros_Formation.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cretaceous_dinosaurs.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dinosaurs_of_South_America.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Titanosaurs.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Cenomanian.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Clade.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Early_Cretaceous.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Earth.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Femur.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Geological_formation.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Giganotosaurus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Humerus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ischium.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Jorge_Calvo.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Jose_Bonaparte.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Largest_organism.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Late_Cretaceous.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Limaysaurus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Neuquén_Group.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Neuquén_Province.
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- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Pelvis.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Pubis_(bone).
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Puertasaurus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Revista_del_Museo_Argentino_de_Ciencias_Naturales.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Revista_del_Museum_Argentino_de_Ciencias_Naturales.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Rib.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Saltasauridae.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Saltasaurus.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Saurischia.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropod.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropoda.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropodomorpha.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropsida.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink South_America.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Synapomorphy.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Titanosaur.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Titanosauria.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Vertebra.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLink Vertebral_body.
- Andesaurus wikiPageWikiLinkText "Andesaurus".
- Andesaurus binomial "Andesaurus delgadoi".
- Andesaurus binomialAuthority "Calvo & Bonaparte, 1991".
- Andesaurus classis Sauropsida.
- Andesaurus familia "Andesauridae".
- Andesaurus familiaAuthority "Calvo & Bonaparte, 1991".
- Andesaurus fossilRange Late_Cretaceous.
- Andesaurus genus "Andesaurus".
- Andesaurus hasPhotoCollection Andesaurus.
- Andesaurus infraordo Sauropoda.
- Andesaurus name "Andesaurus".
- Andesaurus ordo Saurischia.
- Andesaurus phylum Chordata.
- Andesaurus phylum Chordate.
- Andesaurus regnum "Animalia".
- Andesaurus subordo Sauropodomorpha.
- Andesaurus superordo Dinosaur.
- Andesaurus superordo Dinosauria.
- Andesaurus unrankedFamilia Titanosaur.
- Andesaurus unrankedFamilia Titanosauria.
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