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Dinosaur: Leonerasaurus taquetrensis
| Length*: | 3 m | 9.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 70 kg | 154 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian
Years: 190.8–182.7 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Pol, Garrido & Cerda
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Chubut
Formation: Las Leoneras
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with skull fragments.
References: Pol D., Garrido A. i I.A. Cerdo. (2011). A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia and the origin and evolution of the sauropod-type sacrum.
