Lapampasaurus
la-PAM-pa-SORE-us /ləˌpæmpəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
La Pampa lizard
- La Pampa · Spanish (place name) · La Pampa Province, Argentina
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Lapampasaurus is named after La Pampa Province in central Argentina, where its fossils were found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. The only known species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi, honours the Cholino family, who were connected with the discovery. It is a hadrosaurid ("duck-billed dinosaur") from Patagonia, known from fragmentary remains.
- Named by
- Coria et al.
- Year named
- 2011
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stages
- Campanian – Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Allen Formation, La Pampa Province, Argentina
A South American hadrosaurid. The exact stage range and the details of the species name's dedication are given with moderate confidence and are worth checking against the original description.