Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia

Citation

Lydekker, R. (1893). Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2: 1-16.

Names first published here

• Argyrosaurus genus
• Argyrosaurus superbus species
• Microcoelus genus
• Microcoelus patagonicus species
• Neuquensaurus australis species as Titanosaurus australis

Cited by genera

• Argyrosaurus

  The original description, which places the forelimb only "on the Rio Chubut in the Territory of Chubut" and names no unit.

• Microcoelus

  Original description of Microcoelus patagonicus from an anterior dorsal vertebra from Neuquén, alongside Lydekker's other new Patagonian titanosaurs (Argyrosaurus, Titanosaurus australis, T. nanus).

• Neuquensaurus

  Original description of the species as Titanosaurus australis.