Leonerasaurus taquetrensis Pol et al. 2011 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: D. Pol, A. Garrido, and I. A. Cerda. 2011. A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia and the origin and evolution of the sauropod-type sacrum. PLoS One 6(1(e14572)):1-24

Belongs to Leonerasaurus according to D. Pol et al. 2011

See also Moro et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF-PV 1663, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cañadón Las Leoneras, which is in a Pliensbachian lacustrine claystone in the Las Leoneras Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Las Leoneras

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