Species: sauropoides BONAPARTE, 1999
Etymology: Sauropoides, comparable to sauropods due to the morphology of the vertebrae, thou it is a primitive sauropod.

Holotype: PVL. 4822-1

Locality: Paraje La Esquina (8 km west of Provinical Road 26, at 142 km mark), department Independencia, southeast La Rioja Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Los Colorados Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Upper Late Triasisc Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Cervical neural arches 7?, 8?, dorsal neural arches 2, 3, 4, 7, 8.

Referred material:

POL & POWELL, 2007

PVL 4822/8-9, 11-79: Dorsal and sacral vertebrae, scapulae, coracoid, humerus, ulna and radius, metacarpals I and II, manual digit I, ilium, ischium, pubes, femur, tibia, fragmentary metatacarpals and pedal phalanges.

 

APALDETTI, MARTINEZ, CERDA, POL & ALCOBER, 2018

Locality: Midway between the La Esqina locality and Los Jachalleros Creek, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Upper section of the Los Colorados Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Upper Late Triasisc Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

(145 meters)

CRILAR PV-302: Caudal vertebra and pelvic elements.

(160 meters)

CRILAR PV-303: Scapulae.

 

Locality: "Los Colorados," Ischigualasto, Villa Union Basin, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

Horizon: La Esquina zone, Los Colorados Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Upper Late Triasisc Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PVL 6580: Partial femur.