Ligabuesaurus

Ligabue's lizard

• Ligabue · Italian (surname) · Giancarlo Ligabue, Italian paleontologist and businessman who supported the expeditions
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name honours Giancarlo Ligabue, an Italian researcher and sponsor who supported palaeontological fieldwork in Patagonia, combined with the Greek word for lizard. The type species, L. leanzai, is named for Argentine geologist Héctor Leanza. It was a long-necked sauropod (a titanosaur).

Named by

Bonaparte, González Riga and Apesteguía

Year named

2006

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

Valid genus of titanosaurian sauropod; the age of the Lohan Cura Formation is usually given as Aptian, though some sources extend it into the Albian.