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| - In 1893, Richard Lydekker named "Titanosaurus" australis, based on a series of caudal [vertebrae]] and limb elements. The remains were found in the Neuquen Province of Patagonia, and were assigned to one individual.[1] Some elements that were assigned to "Titanosaurus" australis were then reassigned to "Laplatasaurus" araukanicus by Friedrich von Huene in 1929.[1] The same year, Huene named "T." robustus, and claimed it differed from "T." australis by differences in the limb material. Huene described all the slender limb material to "T." australis, but did not say any differentiating features between the vertebrae. When describing "T." robustus, Huene did not readily compare other genera and species to it.[1] The material assigned to "T." robustus was said by Bonaparte et al. to consist of
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| - In 1893, Richard Lydekker named "Titanosaurus" australis, based on a series of caudal [vertebrae]] and limb elements. The remains were found in the Neuquen Province of Patagonia, and were assigned to one individual.[1] Some elements that were assigned to "Titanosaurus" australis were then reassigned to "Laplatasaurus" araukanicus by Friedrich von Huene in 1929.[1] The same year, Huene named "T." robustus, and claimed it differed from "T." australis by differences in the limb material. Huene described all the slender limb material to "T." australis, but did not say any differentiating features between the vertebrae. When describing "T." robustus, Huene did not readily compare other genera and species to it.[1] The material assigned to "T." robustus was said by Bonaparte et al. to consist of a left femur, both ulnas, and a left radius.[1] Powell found in 1992, that "T." australis was less similar than "Laplatasaurus" araukaicus to Titanosaurus indicus, and so named a new genus, Neuquensaurus, for the species. He also found "T." robustus to be assignable to the new genus, but considered it non-diagnostical, and so a nomen dubium. Later, the two species were assigned to Saltasaurus by John McIntosh, for McIntosh said the features found by Bonaparte were not of taxonimic important, and therefore not diagnostic.
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