Lapampasaurus
| Lapampasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76–70Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Lapampasaurus Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2013 | |
Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid iguanodont known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian stage) of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi.[1]
The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodolfo A. Coria, Bernardo González Riga and Silvio Casadío (2012). "Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina". Ameghiniana. in press.