Gasparinisaura

Gas-par-ee-nee-sore-ah.
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Harper Gray

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Harper Grey combines artistic talent with scientific precision to bring extinct creatures and environments back to life. Collaborating closely with paleontologists

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Name

Gasparinisaura (Gasparini's lizard).

Phonetic

Gas-par-ee-nee-sore-ah.

Named By

Coria & Salgado - 1996.

Classification

Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

G. cincosaltensis

Size

Roughly about 1.7 meters long.

Known locations

Argentina.

Time Period

Turonian to Coniacian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Several individuals.

In Depth

       Because to fossils were discovered in close proximity to one another it’s thought that Gasparinisaura lived in herds. It is one of the few dinosaurs of its kind known from South America. Gasparinisaura is named in honour of the Argentine paleontologist, Dr Zulma B. de Gasparini.

Further Reading

– A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):445-457. – R. A. Coria & L. Salgado – 1996.- New materials of Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. – Journal of Paleontology 71: 933–940. – L. Salgado, R. A. Coria & S. Heredia – 1997.

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