Gasparinisaura

Gasparinisaura

Pronunciation:
gas-pah-reen-ee-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Gasparini's lizard'
Gasparinisaura
small ornithopod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
0.8m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 86-71 million years ago
Found in:
Argentina

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda
Named by:
Coria and Salgado (1996)
Type species:
cincosaltensis

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