Lessemsaurus

Bonaparte 1999

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

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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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

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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

Geological formations

Los Colorados

Temporal distribution

Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)

Species (1)

Lessemsaurus sauropoides 227 Ma

Images 1

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