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Laplatasaurus -LRB- meaning `` La Plata lizard '' -RRB- is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America .. Late Cretaceous. Late Cretaceous. genus. genus. sauropod. sauropod. dinosaur. dinosaur. South America. South America. La Plata. La Plata. The genus was named in 1927 by Friedrich von Huene , but without a description , so that it remained a nomen nudum .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. genus. genus. Friedrich von Huene. Friedrich von Huene. nomen nudum. nomen nudum. In 1929 the type species , Laplatasaurus araukanicus , was described by Huene .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. type species. type species. The generic name refers to La Plata .. La Plata. La Plata. The specific name is derived from the Araucanos or Mapuche .. specific name. specific name ( zoology ). Mapuche. Mapuche. By accident Huene in 1929 also mentioned a `` Laplatasaurus wichmannianus '' but that was a lapsus calami for Antarctosaurus wichmannianus .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. lapsus calami. lapsus calami. Antarctosaurus. Antarctosaurus. In 1933 however , he and Charles Alfred Matley renamed Titanosaurus madagascariensis to Laplatasaurus madagascariensis .. Charles Alfred Matley. Charles Alfred Matley. Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus. This last species is today commonly referred to the original Titanosaurus .. Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus. Huene based Laplatasaurus on fragmentary material found in three locations in Argentina , in strata of the Allen Formation , dating from the Campanian faunal stage .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. Argentina. Argentina. Allen Formation. Allen Formation. Campanian. Campanian. faunal stage. faunal stage. It consisted of limb elements , some dorsal vertebrae and a series of caudal vertebrae .. Part of the finds had earlier been referred by Richard Lydekker to Titanosaurus australis .. Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus. Richard Lydekker. Richard Lydekker. Huene never assigned a holotype , but in 1979 Jose Fernando Bonaparte chose MLP 26-306 as the lectotype , a specimen consisting of a tibia and a fibula that perhaps originate from different individuals .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. holotype. holotype. Jose Fernando Bonaparte. Jose Fernando Bonaparte. lectotype. lectotype. tibia. tibia. fibula. fibula. Huene assigned those fossils to Laplatasaurus that seemed to indicate a rather large yet at the same time elegantly built sauropod .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. sauropod. sauropod. The about eighteen metres -LRB- 60 ft -RRB- long Laplatasaurus was perhaps similar to Saltasaurus .. Saltasaurus. Saltasaurus. Osteoderms forming an armored plating on the back , have been referred to Laplatasaurus but the association is uncertain .. Osteoderms. Osteoderms. These plates had much smaller ridges than those of Saltasaurus .. Saltasaurus. Saltasaurus. Huene placed Laplatasaurus in the Titanosauridae , which is still a common classification .. Huene. Friedrich von Huene. Titanosauridae. Titanosauridae. In his 2003 review of South American titanosaurs , Jaime Eduardo Powell assigned Laplatasaurus to Titanosaurus , creating the new combination Titanosaurus aurakanicus .. Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus. Jaime Eduardo Powell. Jaime Eduardo Powell. Others however , continued to treat Laplatasaurus as valid genus separate from Titanosaurus .. genus. genus. Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus. A 2015 re-assessment of Laplatasaurus found it to be closely related to Bonitasaura , Futalognkosaurus , Mendozasaurus , and Uberabatitan .. Bonitasaura. Bonitasaura. Futalognkosaurus. Futalognkosaurus. Mendozasaurus. Mendozasaurus. Uberabatitan. Uberabatitan. The genus was restricted to the lectotype , and the material from Rancho de Avila was assigned to cf. Bonitasaura sp .. genus. genus. lectotype. lectotype. Bonitasaura. Bonitasaura