Leyesaurus

DV-0785

Lived: 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Apaldetti et al. 2011

Field notes

About Leyesaurus

Leyesaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Leyesaurus, from Argentina. It was named by Apaldetti et al. in 2011.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Massospondylidae.

MassospondylusEarly Jurassic
SarahsaurusEarly Jurassic
GlacialisaurusEarly Jurassic
LufengosaurusEarly Jurassic
ColoradisaurusLate Triassic
AdeopapposaurusEarly Jurassic
IgnavusaurusEarly Jurassic
NgwevuEarly Jurassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Apaldetti, R. N. Martinez, and O. A. Alcober, D. Pol. 2011. A new basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), Northwestern Argentina. PLoS ONE 6(11):e26964:1-19