Opisthocoelicaudia
Opisthocoelicaudia is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur. It is from Late Cretaceous rocks from Mongolia's Nemegt Basin. In 1965 a well preserved skeleton was found, missing only a neck and head.
Opisthocoelicaudia | |
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Skeleton restoration in the Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
Family: | †Saltasauridae |
Genus: | †Opisthocoelicaudia Borsuk-Białynicka, 1977 |
Species: | †O. skarzynskii |
Binomial name | |
Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Białynicka, 1977 | |
Possible synonymy with Nemegtosaurus
Scientists are arguing whether Nemegtosaurus is a synonym of Opisthocoelicaudia or its own genus, or vice versa.

Restoration of Opisthocoelicaudia
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