Zapalasaurus
zah-PAH-lah-SORE-us /zɑˌpɑləˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Zapala lizard
- Zapala · Place name (Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina) · town and department near the fossil site
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Zapala, the town and department in Neuquén Province, Argentina, near where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It therefore refers to the place of discovery. The type species, Zapalasaurus bonapartei, honours the Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte.
- Named by
- Salgado, Carvalho and Garrido
- Year named
- 2006
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stages
- Barremian – Aptian
- Found in
- La Amarga Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina
A rebbachisaurid sauropod (Diplodocoidea). It is considered a relatively basal member of the family. The stage range is approximate.