Tehuelchesaurus
| Tehuelchesaurus | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skeleton on display at the MEF in Trelew, Argentina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Family: | †Camarasauridae |
| Genus: | †Tehuelchesaurus Rich et al. 1999 |
| Species: | †T. benitezii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tehuelchesaurus benitezii Rich et al. 1999
| |
Tehuelchesaurus (/teɪhwɛltʃeɪsɔːrəs/) is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Tithonian) of Argentina. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people, native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found.