Leonerasaurus
lay-OH-neh-rah-SORE-us /leɪˌoʊnɛrəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Las Leoneras lizard
- Leoneras · Spanish (place name) · from the Las Leoneras Formation / locality
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Leonerasaurus is named after the Las Leoneras Formation in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina, where the fossil was found. The second half of the name is the Greek word for lizard. The only named species is Leonerasaurus taylori. It is a small, early sauropodomorph, a relative of the long-necked sauropods.
- Named by
- Pol, Garrido and Cerda
- Year named
- 2011
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- Las Leoneras Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
A basal sauropodomorph (not a true sauropod). Its exact age within the Early Jurassic is less certain than the other details, so no stage is given.