Laplatasaurus

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iLaplatasaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
(unranked) Titanosauria
Genus: Laplatasaurus
Von Huene, 1927
Species: L. araukanicus
Von Huene, 1929
Binomial name
Laplatasaurus araukanicus

Laplatasaurus aurakanicus is a species of sauropod dinosaur.

The 18 m (60 ft) long creature was similar to Saltasaurus and also had armored plating on its back, but the plates had much smaller ridges than those of Saltasaurus.


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