Ligabuesaurus

Name: Ligabuesaurus ‭(‬Ligabue’s lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Li-gah-bew-sore-us.
Named By: José F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬Bernardo J.‭ ‬González Riga & Sebastián Apesteguía‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: L.‭ ‬leanzai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Neuquén province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lohan Cura Formation.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post cranial remains.

       Ligabuesaurus is a genus of titanosaurid dinosaur that lived in Argentina towards the end of the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Ligabuesaurus was named in honour of Dr Giancarlo Ligabue,‭ ‬while the type species L.‭ ‬leanzai was named in honour of Dr.‭ ‬Hector Leanza,‭ ‬the geologist who discovered the holotype specimen.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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(‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬364-376.‭ ‬-‭ ‬José F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬Bernardo J.‭ ‬González Riga and Sebastián Apesteguía‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.



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