Lamplughsaura Lamplughsaura

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lamplughsaura 10 m (33 ft) long
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Length
10 m (33 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (201–174 Mya)
Place
India
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Lamplughsaura is an extinct genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Sinemurian-aged (Early Jurassic) Dharmaram Formation of India. The genus contains a single species, Lamplughsaura dharmaramensis, known from several partial skeletons of a large quadrupedal animal up to 10 m long. It has been classified as either a basal sauropod or more basal sauropodomorph.

What we know

  • Named by Kutty et al., 2007.
  • Body length estimated at about 10 m.
  • Fossils found in India.