Laquintasaura
la-KWIN-tah-SAW-rah /ləˌkwɪntəˈsɔːrə/
Accepted genus
La Quinta lizard
- La Quinta · Spanish (place name) · the La Quinta Formation, Venezuela
- saura · Greek · lizard
Laquintasaura is named after the La Quinta Formation in the Venezuelan Andes, where its fossils were found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. The type species, L. venezuelae, was named for Venezuela. It is one of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs and one of the few Early Jurassic dinosaurs known from northern South America.
- Named by
- Barrett et al.
- Year named
- 2014
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- La Quinta Formation, Táchira State, Venezuela
A small, early ornithischian dinosaur; its exact position within Ornithischia is debated. Only the type species, Laquintasaura venezuelae, is known.