Home Previous Random Next Search
LAPAMPASAURUS
(la-pam-pah-sore-us)
meaning: "La Pampa lizard"
Named By: Rodolfo A. Coria, Bernardo Gonzalez Riga & Silvio Casadio in 2012
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 76-70 Ma
Location: Argentina, La Pampa Province - Allen Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauridae |
About

Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid iguanodont known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian stage) of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi.

The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector Jose Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.

Read more about Lapampasaurus at Wikipedia
PaleoCodex is a weekend hack by Saurav Mohapatra