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, & Pol2020Punatitan coughlini gen. et sp. nov.Hechenleitner, Leuzinger, Martinelli, Rocher, Fiorelli, Taborda, & Salgado2020Bravasaurus arrierosorum gen. et sp. nov.Hechenleitner, Leuzinger, Martinelli, Rocher, Fiorelli, Taborda, & Salgado2019Kaijutitan maui gen. et sp. nov.Filippi, Salgado, & Garrido2018Lavocatisaurus agrioensis gen. et sp. nov.Canudo, Carballido, Garrido, & Salgado2017Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov.Salgado, Canudo, Garrido, Moreno-Azanza, Martínez, Coria, & Gasca2017Triunfosaurus leonardii gen. et sp. nov.Carvalho, Salgado, Lindoso, De Araújo-Júnior, Nogueira, & Soares2017Patagotitan mayorum gen. et sp. nov.Carballido, Pol, Otero, Cerda, Salgado, Garrido, Ramezani, Cúneo, & Krause2015Chilesaurus diegosuarezi gen. et sp. nov.Novas, Salgado, Suárez, Agnolín, Ezcurra, Chimento, De la Cruz, Isasi, Vargas, & Rubilar-Rogers2013Katepensaurus goicoecheai gen. et sp. nov.Ibiricu, Casal, Martínez, Lamanna, Luna, & Salgado2012Comahuesaurus windhauseni gen. et sp. nov.Carballido, Salgado, Pol, Canudo, & Garrido2011Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov.Fernández-Baldor, Canudo, Huerta, Montero, Superbiola, & Salgado2009Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen. et sp. nov.Salgado & Coria2008Uberabatitan ribeiroi gen. et sp. nov.Salgado & Carvalho2006Zapalasaurus bonapartei gen. et sp. nov.Salgado, Carvalho, & Garrido2003Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov.Carvalho, Avilla, & Salgado1996Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis gen. et sp. nov.Coria & Salgado1995Giganotosaurus carolinii gen. et sp. nov.Coria & Salgado

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