Genus

Valid Extinct

Ligabuesaurus

Bonaparte et al. 2006

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.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Solitary tooth of a sauropod from Angeac-Charente in France. Based on its morphology, it is not from an unnamed titanosaur like other material from this site, but from an unnamed titanosauriform similar to Ligabuesaurus or Veneosaurus. © Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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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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Gravisauria Unranked clade

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Eusauropoda Unranked clade

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Neosauropoda Unranked clade

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Macronaria Unranked clade

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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade

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Somphospondyli Unranked clade

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Ligabuesaurus Genus

Measurements

Length

24 m ⓘ

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Lohan Cura

Temporal distribution

Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)

Species (1)

Ligabuesaurus leanzai 113 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

J. F. Bonaparte, B. J. González Riga, and S. Apesteguía. 2006. Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:364-376 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Ligabuesaurus

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