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 | |
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.