Huinculsaurus
Sign in to saveHuinculsaurus is an extinct genus of noasaurid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Huinculsaurus montesi, known from five partial vertebrae.
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Huinculsaurus is an extinct genus of noasaurid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Huinculsaurus montesi, known from five partial vertebrae.
==Discovery and naming == thumb|250px|left|Size compared to a human The only known fossils of Huinculsaurus was discovered around 1991 in the Huincul Formation, about away from where the Ilokelesia holotype was discovered in the Argentine Province of Neuquén. The vertebrae were mechanically separated during preparation before being formally published in 2020.
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