Alternative combination: Lapparentosaurus madagascarensis
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy. The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 247-258
Belongs to Lapparentosaurus according to G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso 2021
See also Apesteguía 2005, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Company 2011, Currie and Padian 1997, Flynn et al. 2006, McIntosh 1990, Raveloson et al. 2019, Salgado and Coria 2005, Santos et al. 2009, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAA 91-92, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Andranomamy, Tsinjorano, which is in a Bathonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Andranomamy, Tsinjorano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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