Inawentu
Sign in to saveInawentu (meaning "imitator") is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, I. oslatus, known from a partial articulated skeleton including the skull. The square-shaped jaw of Inawentu demonstrates convergent characteristics with rebbachisaurids.
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Inawentu (meaning "imitator") is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, I. oslatus, known from a partial articulated skeleton including the skull. The square-shaped jaw of Inawentu demonstrates convergent characteristics with rebbachisaurids.
== Discovery and naming == The Inawentu holotype specimen, MAU-Pv-LI-595, was discovered in sediments of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group) near Rincón de los Sauces in Neuquén Province, Argentina. The specimen consists of a partial articulated skeleton, including a nearly complete skull, all of the vertebrae from the atlas to the end of the sacrum (comprising twelve cervical, ten dorsal, and six sacral vertebrae), and both ilia. MAU-Pv-LI-595 is one of the few known titanosaur specimens to preserve a complete neck.
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