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Massospondylidae

Leyesaurus

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Leyesaurus 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Leyesaurus
Length
2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (202–176 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Massospondylidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Early sauropodomorphs — bipedal-ish, plant-eaters.

Leyesaurus is an extinct genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the San Juan Province, northwestern Argentina.

What we know

  • Named by Apaldetti et al. 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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