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Leinkupal

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Leinkupal 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Leinkupal
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (136.4 Mya)
Place
South America · Asia · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Diplodocidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Whip-tailed sauropods: Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus.

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Leinkupal — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.