Gasparinisaura

Gasparini's lizard

• Gasparini · Latinised surname · honours Argentine palaeontologist Zulma Gasparini
• saura · Greek · lizard (feminine form of 'sauros')

The name honours Zulma Gasparini, an Argentine palaeontologist who studied fossil reptiles. It is combined with the Greek 'saura', the feminine form of 'lizard'. The species name, cincosaltensis, refers to Cinco Saltos, the locality in Argentina where the fossils were found.

Named by

Coria and Salgado

Year named

1996

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Cinco Saltos, Río Negro Province, Argentina

A small, bipedal, plant-eating ornithopod. The type species is Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis. The exact age of the formation is somewhat debated.