Ligabuesaurus

DV-0606 · type species Ligabuesaurus leanzai

Lived: 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 24 m (79 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Bonaparte et al. 2006

Field notes

About Ligabuesaurus

Ligabuesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ligabuesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Lohan Cura Formation. It was named by Bonaparte et al. in 2006.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Ligabuesaurus?

Ligabuesaurus: about 24 m (79 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Somphospondyli.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte, B. J. González Riga, and S. Apesteguía. 2006. Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:364-376