Leinkupal
Field photograph to come
Leinkupal
DV-0896
- Lived
- 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Diplodocidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Gallina et al. 2014
Field notes
About Leinkupal
Leinkupal was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Diplodocidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Leinkupal, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajada Colorada Formation. It was named by Gallina et al. in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diplodocidae.
- BrontosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- DiplodocusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ApatosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- SupersaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BarosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- GaleamopusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- TornieriaLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ArdetosaurusLate Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. A. Gallina, S. Apesteguia, and A. Haluza, J. I. Canale. 2014. A diplodocid sauropod survivor from the Early Cretaceous of South America. PLoS One 9(5):e97128