Ligabuesaurus leanzai
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ligabuesaurus 18 m (59 ft) long
as long as 11 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 18 m (59 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (112–109 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Ligabuesaurus is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Lohan Cura Formation of what is now Argentina. The type species, Ligabuesaurus leanzai, was described in 2006, based on a partial skeleton with a skull. The generic name, Ligabuesaurus, honors Giancarlo Ligabue, while the specific name, leanzai, honors the geologist Dr. Héctor A. Leanza, who discovered the skeleton in the Lohan Cura Formation.
What we know
- Named by Bonaparte et al., 2006.
- Body length estimated at about 18 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Ligabuesaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.