Limaysaurus

Limaysaurus tessonei

Limaysaurus — scientific reconstruction

Limaysaurus ("Limay lizard") is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaurs which lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 99.7 to 94 million years ago, in the Cenomanian, in what is now South America (northwestern Patagonia). It is represented by a single species, L. tessonei.

Family
Rebbachisauridae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Cretaceous (99.6–97.0 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
15.0 m
Weight
7.0–8.0 t
Type locality
Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
Holotype
MCF-PVPH-154
PBDB
txn:63871

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