LIGABUESAURUS
a plant-eating titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina.
Pronunciation: LEE-gah-boo-SOR-us
Meaning: Ligabue's Lizard
Author/s: Bonaparte
et al. (
2006)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Neuquén, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #604
Ligabuesaurus leanzai
(Leanza and Ligabue's Lizard)Etymology
Ligabuesaurus is derived from "Ligabue" (in honour of Italian doctor Giancario Ligabue) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard). This was the third of three dinosaurs named by José Bonaparte in Ligabue's honour, behind
Ligabueino andesi (1996) and
Agustinia ligabuei (1999). The
species epithet,
leanzai, is dedicated to geologist Dr. Héctor A. Leanza who discovered it.
Discovery
The remains of
Ligabuesaurus were discovered at Cerro de los Leones, level 2, in the Cullín Grande Member of the Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén, Argentina, by Héctor A. Leanza.
The
holotype (MCF-PHV-233) is a partial skeleton.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian
Age range: 118-109 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Bonaparte JF, González Riga BJ and Apesteguía S (2006) "
Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina".
Cretaceous Research, 27(3): 364-376. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.07.004.
• D'Emic MD (2012) "Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(6). DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2012.667446.
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