Ligabuesaurus leanzai Bonaparte et al. 2006 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte, B. J. González Riga, and S. Apesteguía. 2006. 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 27:364-376

Belongs to Ligabuesaurus according to A. Páramo et al. 2020

See also Bonaparte et al. 2006, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, D'Emic 2012, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Gallina 2011, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012 and Mannion and Otero 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCF-PHV-233, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cerro de los Leones, level 2, which is in an Albian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Lohan Cura Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro de los Leones, level 2

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