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Ligabuesaurus
© Andrey Atuchin
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Ligabuesaurus is known from fragmentary remains, including a maxilla (jawbone) with teeth, 6 cervical and dorsal vertebrae (part of the backbone), and girdle and limb bones.
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Fact file
- Pronounced
- lee-gah-boo-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- [Dr Giancarlo] Ligabue lizard
- Length
- estimated 24m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(121 - 99 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Ligabuesaurus
- Named by
- Bonaparte, González Riga and ApesteguĂa (2006)
- Type species
- leanzai