Lapampasaurus
Field photograph to come
Lapampasaurus
DV-0825
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria et al. 2012
Field notes
About Lapampasaurus
Lapampasaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lapampasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Allen Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria, B. González Riga, and S. Casadio. 2012. Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina [A new hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Allen Formation, La Pampa province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 49(4):552-572