Leinkupal Leinkupal
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Leinkupal 9 m (29.5 ft) long
6 people holding hands
- Length
- 9 m (29.5 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (136.4 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Asia · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
Leinkupal is a genus of diplodocine sauropod known from the Early Cretaceous (Late Berriasian to Early Valanginian stage) of the Bajada Colorada Formation, southeastern Neuquén Basin in the Neuquén Province of Argentina. It contains a single species, Leinkupal laticauda.
What we know
- Named by Gallina et al., 2014.
- Body length estimated at about 9 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Asia.