Lapparentosaurus
Field photograph to come
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
165 million years ago
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