Cretaceous
Gasparinisaura
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
The catalogue presents Gasparinisaura as a herbivore member of Parksosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 83 Ma. Its estimated range is 1.7 m in length and 13 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Neuquen, Argentina. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Gasparinisaura, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Coria and Salgado (1996).
The PBDB places it in Elasmaria, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Parksosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Parksosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Campanian.
The PBDB catalogues 3 occurrences, with material from the Anacleto Formation (3). Provenance: Argentina.
The catalogue records the holotype as MUCPv-208 and the type locality as “Neuquen, Argentina”.
- MUCPv-208
- Neuquen, Argentina
The catalogue's reference measurements are 1.7 m in length and 13 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 1.7 m
- 13 kg
The record gathers 17 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Weight
- 13 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 83 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1996
- Described by
- Coria & Salgado
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Parksosauridae
- Genus
- Gasparinisaura
- Species
- G. cincosaltensis
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- MUCPv-208
- Type locality
- Neuquen, Argentina