Genus
Valid Extinct

Lapampasaurus

Coria et al. 2012

Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi. The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Lapampasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Allen
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lapampasaurus cholinoi 72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Coria, B. González Riga, and S. Casadio. 2012. Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina [A new hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Allen Formation, La Pampa province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 49(4):552-572 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Coria, B. González Riga, and S. Casadio. 2012. Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina [A new hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Allen Formation, La Pampa province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 49(4):552-572 DOI ↗