Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis Lapparentosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lapparentosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Jurassic (201–145 Mya)
- Place
- Madagascar
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.