Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lapparentosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Jurassic (201–145 Mya)
- Place
- Madagascar
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Lapparentosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Madagascar (Isalo III Formation). It contains one species, Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis. The genus and species were named by José Bonaparte in 1986. The classification of Lapparentosaurus is controversial, as it exhibits a combination of characteristics of basal sauropods and titanosauriforms.
What we know
- Named by Bonaparte, 1986.
- Fossils found in Madagascar.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Lapparentosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.