Yeneen
Sign in to saveYeneen is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian age) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Yeneen houssayi, known from at least one partial skeleton. Its discovery highlights the diversity of titanosaurs in this formation, which also includes Bonitasaura, Inawentu, Overosaurus, Rinconsaurus, and Traukutitan.
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1 citationsABSTRACT The fossil record of titanosaur sauropods for the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin is remarkably extensive. However, for the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian) only five nominate species are recorded (Rinconsaurus caudamirus, Bonitasaura salgadoi, Traukutitan eocaudata, Overosaurus paradasorum, and Inawentu oslatus), the latter two coming from the Cerro Overo-La Invernada (CO-LI) area. Here we present a new titanosaur sauropod from La Invernada, Yeneen houssayi gen. et sp. nov. (MAU-Pv-LI-538). The new species is characterised by a series of distinctive features in dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Yeneen is closely related to Narambuenatitan and Overosaurus, as a basal member of an unnominated clade (called ‘Clade A’) of derived non-lithostrotian saltasauroids. The evidence provided by the Cerro Overo – La Invernada sauropod titanosaur fauna suggests that, during the Santonian, species diversity was relatively high and that at least two lineages coexisted: Collossosauria and Saltasauroidea. This finding makes the CO-LI area the one with the greatest diversity of titanosaurs for the Santonian of the Neuquén basin (as it is also for abelisaurid theropods), which makes it an exceptional area to understand the evolution of dinosaur faunas for this period.
L. Filippi, F. Bellardini, J. Carballido, A. Méndez +1 more
Historical Biology · 2026
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- Filippi, Bellardini, Carballido, Méndez & Garrido, 2026
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Yeneen is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian age) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Yeneen houssayi, known from at least one partial skeleton. Its discovery highlights the diversity of titanosaurs in this formation, which also includes Bonitasaura, Inawentu, Overosaurus, Rinconsaurus, and Traukutitan.
== Discovery and naming == The Yeneen fossil material was discovered in outcrops at the site, part of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group) of Argentina. Three specimens were collected, which are housed in the Museo Municipal Argentino Urquiza. One specimen, permanently accessioned as MAU-Pv-LI-538/1–30 consists of a partial disarticulated skeleton, comprising six , ten , and one vertebrae, in addition to the articulated with both , and several . A second specimen found in association with MAU-Pv-LI-538 but belonging to an individual of a smaller size is a single right ilium, accessioned as MAU-Pv-LI-539. A third specimen, MAU-Pv-LI-731, includes disarticulated axial and appendicular bones and is still undergoing preparation to better study the skeletal anatomy.
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