Nopcsaspondylus
| Nopcsaspondylus Temporal range: Cenomanian
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| Holotype dorsal vertebra of Nopcsaspondylus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
| Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
| Genus: | †Nopcsaspondylus Apesteguía, 2007 |
| Species: | †N. alarconensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía, 2007
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Nopcsaspondylus (meaning "Nopcsa's vertebra", in reference to the original describer) is a dubious genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Cenomanian-aged (Upper Cretaceous) Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time. The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids.