Leonardo Salgado


Leonardo Salgado is an Argentine palaeontologist with a special interest in dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period and other investigations of the palaeobiology of fossil bearing geological formations. Salgado is the leading or coauthor of several taxa, notably the large carnivorous species, Giganotosaurus carolinii, discovered in Patagonia.
Below is a list of taxa that Salgado has contributed to naming:
YearTaxonAuthors
2024Titanomachya gimenezi gen. et sp. nov.Pérez-Moreno, Salgado, Carballido, Otero, & Pol
2020Punatitan coughlini gen. et sp. nov.Hechenleitner, Leuzinger, Martinelli, Rocher, Fiorelli, Taborda, & Salgado
2020Bravasaurus arrierosorum gen. et sp. nov.Hechenleitner, Leuzinger, Martinelli, Rocher, Fiorelli, Taborda, & Salgado
2019Kaijutitan maui gen. et sp. nov.Filippi, Salgado, & Garrido
2017Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov.Salgado, Canudo, Garrido, Moreno-Azanza, Martínez, Coria, & Gasca
2017Triunfosaurus leonardii gen. et sp. nov.Carvalho, Salgado, Lindoso, De Araújo-Júnior, Nogueira, & Soares
2015Chilesaurus diegosuarezi gen. et sp. nov.Novas, Salgado, Suárez, Agnolín, Ezcurra, Chimento, De la Cruz, Isasi, Vargas, & Rubilar-Rogers
2013Katepensaurus goicoecheai gen. et sp. nov.Ibiricu, Casal, Martínez, Lamanna, Luna, & Salgado
2012Comahuesaurus windhauseni gen. et sp. nov.Carballido, Salgado, Pol, Canudo, & Garrido
2011Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov.Fernández-Baldor, Canudo, Huerta, Montero, Superbiola, & Salgado
2008Uberabatitan ribeiroi gen. et sp. nov.Salgado & Carvalho
2006Zapalasaurus bonapartei gen. et sp. nov.Salgado, Carvalho, & Garrido
2003Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov.Carvalho, Avilla, & Salgado
1996Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis gen. et sp. nov.Coria & Salgado
1995Giganotosaurus carolinii gen. et sp. nov.Coria & Salgado