Lapparentosaurus

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Lapparentosaurus Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: Brachiosauridae Genus: Lapparentosaurus Bonaparte, 1986
Species
Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis (type)

Lapparentosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a brachiosaurid sauropod closely related to Brachiosaurus. Its fossils were found in Madagascar.

The type (and only known) species is Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis, described by Jose Bonaparte in 1986.

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