Gasparinisaura Gasparinisaura
"Gasparini"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gasparinisaura 1.7 m (5.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (83 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Gasparinisaura (meaning “Gasparini’s lizard”) is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. The first fossils of Gasparinisaura were found in 1992 near Cinco Saltos in Río Negro Province, Argentina. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was named and described in 1996 by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado. The generic name honors Argentine palaeontologist Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini. The specific name refers to Cinco Saltos.
What we know
- Named by Coria & Salgado, 1996.
- Body length estimated at about 1.7 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.