Bonitasaura

La Bonita lizard

• Bonita · Spanish · La Bonita, the name of the fossil locality (also 'pretty')
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Bonitasaura means "La Bonita lizard". It is named after La Bonita, the fossil site in Patagonia where the remains were found (the Spanish word "bonita" means "pretty"). The ending is the Greek word for lizard. It was a titanosaur sauropod with an unusual, sharp-edged, beak-like jaw that was probably covered in keratin.

Named by

Apesteguía

Year named

2004

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina

Type species is Bonitasaura salgadoi, a titanosaurian sauropod. The species name honours the Argentine paleontologist Leonardo Salgado.