Outline: a typical sauropod
Ligabuesaurus
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
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical sauropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Ligabuesaurus
What it was like
Ligabuesaurus was a large sauropod about 24 meters (79 feet) long, a long-necked plant eater related to the titanosaurs.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. It comes from the Lohan Cura Formation, where the sauropods Agustinia and Comahuesaurus also lived.
How it was found
Bonaparte and colleagues named Ligabuesaurus in 2006. The type species is Ligabuesaurus leanzai. Its name honors the man who funded the work.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli
Sources: 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