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LIGABUESAURUS
(li-gah-bew-sore-us)
meaning: "Ligabue's lizard"
Named By: Jose F. Bonaparte, Bernardo J. Gonzalez Riga & Sebastian Apesteguia in 2006
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: Argentina, Neuquen province - Lohan Cura Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauria |
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Ligabuesaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage, 100 to 125 million years ago). It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Ligabuesaurus leanzai, was described by Jose Bonaparte, Gonzalez Riga, and Sebastian Apesteguia in 2006, based on a partial skeleton. The specific name, leanzai, is dedicated to the geologist Dr. Hector A. Leanza, who discovered the skeleton.

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