Adeopapposaurus

"grandfather lizard" (with an uncertain first element, "adeo")

• pappos · Greek · grandfather, ancestor
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name ends in the Greek "pappos" (grandfather, ancestor) and "sauros" (lizard), so it refers to an early, ancestral kind of long-necked dinosaur. The first element "adeo" is, as I recall, a word from a local indigenous language of the region, but I am not certain of its exact meaning. The type species is A. mognai.

Named by

Martínez

Year named

2009

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Cañón del Colorado Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina

A valid early sauropodomorph (a massospondylid) known from many specimens, including juveniles and adults. The meaning of the "adeo" element is not confirmed here.