Bravasaurus
Sign in to saveBravasaurus (meaning Laguna Brava lizard) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation of La Rioja, Argentina. It contains one species, Bravasaurus arreirosorum.
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Bravasaurus (meaning Laguna Brava lizard) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation of La Rioja, Argentina. It contains one species, Bravasaurus arreirosorum.
== Etymology == The generic name Bravasaurus is derived from the Laguna Brava National Park in Argentina. The specific name refers to the people, the arriero or drivers in Spanish, who carried cattle through the Andes in the 19th century.
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