Lapparentosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0314Isalo III Fm., Madagascar

Lapparentosaurus

DV-0314 · type species Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis

Lived
168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Madagascar
Named by
Bonaparte 1986

Field notes

About Lapparentosaurus

Lapparentosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lapparentosaurus, from Madagascar. Its fossils come from the Isalo III Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1986.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Eusauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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