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: YearTaxonAuthors2024Titanomachya 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 2018Lavocatisaurus agrioensis gen. et sp. nov.Canudo, Carballido, Garrido, & Salgado 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 2017Patagotitan mayorum gen. et sp. nov.Carballido, Pol, Otero, Cerda, Salgado, Garrido, Ramezani, Cúneo, & Krause 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 2009Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen. et sp. nov.Salgado & Coria 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