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Lessemsauridae
Pronunciation: LESS-uhm-SOR-uh-day
Meaning: Lessemsaurus family (See etymology)
Authors: Apaldetti et al.
Year: 2018
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: None known
Meaning: Lessemsaurus family (See etymology)
Authors: Apaldetti et al.
Year: 2018
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Apaldetti et al. 2018)]Definition
Lessemsaurus sauropoides, Antetonitrus ingenipes, and all descendants of their most recent common ancestor.
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Etymology
Lessemsauridae is derived from "Lessemsaurus" (the first named member) and the Latin "idae" (family).
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References
• Bonaparte JF (1999) "Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha" [Evolution of the presacral vertebrae in Sauropodomorpha]. Ameghiniana, 36: 115–187.
• Weishampel DB, Barrett PM, Coria RA, Le Loeuff J, Xing X, Xijin Z, Sahni A, Gomani EMP and Noto CR (2004) "Dinosaur distribution". Page 527–528 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Pol D and Powell JE (2007) "New information on Lessemsaurus sauropoides (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina". Special Papers in Palaeontology, 77: 223–243.
• Novas FE (2009) "The Age of Dinosaurs in South America".
• Apaldetti C, Martínez RN, Cerda IA, Pol D and Alcober O (2018) "An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs". Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(8): 1227–1232. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0599-y. [Coins Lessemsauridae.]
• Apaldetti C and Martínez RN (2022) "South American Non-Gravisaurian Sauropodiformes and the Early Trend Towards Gigantism". Page 93–130 in Otero, Carballido and Pol (eds.) "South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs"
