Genus
Valid Extinct

Lessemsaurus

Bonaparte 1999
Etymology Reptile de Lessem

Lessemsaurus is an extinct genus of sauropodiform dinosaur that lived in the Norian-aged Los Colorados Formation of what is now Argentina.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Lessemsaurus
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Copy of a skeleton of a Lessemsaurus in the exhibition "Gigasaurier - Die Riesen Argentiniens" in Frankfurt am Main 2010 © Katharina Surhoff · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia
Lessemsaurus
Lessemsaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Lessemsauridae Unranked clade
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Lessemsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Los Colorados
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lessemsaurus sauropoides 227 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha [Evolution of the presacral vertebrae in Sauropodomorpha]. Ameghiniana 36(2):115-187
Bibliography (1)
J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha [Evolution of the presacral vertebrae in Sauropodomorpha]. Ameghiniana 36(2):115-187