Leonerasaurus
Field photograph to come
Leonerasaurus
DV-0784
- Lived
- 193 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Pol et al. 2011
Field notes
About Leonerasaurus
Leonerasaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 184 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Leonerasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Las Leoneras Formation. It was named by Pol et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropodiformes.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Pol, A. Garrido, and I. A. Cerda. 2011. A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia and the origin and evolution of the sauropod-type sacrum. PLoS One 6(1(e14572)):1-24