Laplatasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Laplatasaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
genus = "Laplatasaurus"
genus_authority = Von Huene, 1927
species = "L. araukanicus"
species_authority = Von Huene, 1929
binomial = "Laplatasaurus araukanicus"

"Laplatasaurus" (meaning "La Plata lizard") is a genus of titanosaur dinosaur. The type species, "L. aurakanicus", was described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929. Other species in the genus, including "L. madagascariensis" and "L. wichmannianus" have been moved to other genera since their discovery. The 18 m (60 ft) long "Laplatasaurus" was similar to "Saltasaurus" and also had armored plating on its back, but the plates had much smaller ridges than those of "Saltasaurus".

"Laplatasaurus" lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian stages) in South America.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6d9ab.htm "Laplatasaurus" at DinoRuss Web Site]