Biology:Lapampasaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Dinosauria |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Ornithischia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Ornithopoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Lapampasaurus Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012 |
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| †Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012
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Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian stage) of La Pampa Province, Argentina . It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi.[1]
The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodolfo A. Coria, Bernardo González Riga and Silvio Casadío (2012). "Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina". Ameghiniana 49 (4): 552–572. doi:10.5710/AMGH.9.4.2012.487. http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/487.
Wikidata ☰ Q1826078 entry
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