Post by ornithopsis on Oct 13, 2015 20:19:39 GMT
Limaysaurus tessonei
Source: paleoguy.deviantart.com/art/Limaysaurus-456345377
Name: Limaysaurus tessonei
Name Meaning: Rio Lamay Lizard
First Described: 1995
Described By: Calvo & Salgado
Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauria, Massopoda, Sauropodiformes, Anchisauria, Sauropoda, Gravisauria, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocimorpha, Rebbachisauridae, Limaysaurinae
Limaysaurus is one of the better known Rebbachisaurids, found in the Lohan Cura Formation and the Rio Limay Formation in Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It lived at the boundary between the Aptian and Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous, about 113 million years ago. It had very tall neural spines and it was about fifteen meters long and 3 meters tall. It was very closely related to Rebbachisaurus and Nigersaurus.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limaysaurus
www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/l/limaysaurus.html
Shout out goes to great-kingdom-animalia!
Source: paleoguy.deviantart.com/art/Limaysaurus-456345377
Name: Limaysaurus tessonei
Name Meaning: Rio Lamay Lizard
First Described: 1995
Described By: Calvo & Salgado
Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauria, Massopoda, Sauropodiformes, Anchisauria, Sauropoda, Gravisauria, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocimorpha, Rebbachisauridae, Limaysaurinae
Limaysaurus is one of the better known Rebbachisaurids, found in the Lohan Cura Formation and the Rio Limay Formation in Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It lived at the boundary between the Aptian and Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous, about 113 million years ago. It had very tall neural spines and it was about fifteen meters long and 3 meters tall. It was very closely related to Rebbachisaurus and Nigersaurus.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limaysaurus
www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/l/limaysaurus.html
Shout out goes to great-kingdom-animalia!