Ligabuesaurus

Taxobox
name = "Ligabuesaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia =
genus = "Ligabuesaurus"
genus_authority = Jose Bonaparte "et al.", 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "L. leanzai"(type)

"Ligabuesaurus" is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage, 100 to 125 million years ago). It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, "Ligabuesaurus leanzai", was described by Jose Bonaparte, Gonzalez Riga, and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2006, based on a partial skeleton.

References

*José F. Bonaparte, Bernardo J. González Riga and Sebastián 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(3): 364-376.

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2006May/msg00104.html Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the discovery (includes complete abstract)]