Gasparinisaura

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iGasparinisaura Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Family:  ?Hypsilophodontidae Genus: Gasparinasaura Species: G. cincosaltensis
Binomial name
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria & Salgado, 1996

Gasparinisaura is the name of a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Argentina. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was described in 1996 by Coria and Salgado. Originally classified as an iguanodont, recent research indicates it was a hypsilophodont. In any case, it was an ornithopod.

[edit] References

Coria, R. A., and L. Salgado. 1996. A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:445–457.

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