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Dinosaur: Ligabuesaurus leanzai
| Length*: | 23 m | 75.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 27 t | 59,525 lb |
| Speed: | 32 km/h | 20 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian
Years: 121.4–100.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Bonaparte et al.
Year: 2006
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Lohan Cura
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, incomplete ribs, scapulae, limb bones and other fragments). Referred other fragments.
References: José F. Bonaparte et al. (2006). Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina.
