Gasparinisaura

Gasparinisaura
Temporal range: Early Campanian, 83 Ma
Skeleton mount, Copiapó, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Elasmaria
Genus: Gasparinisaura
Coria & Salgado, 1996
Species:
G. cincosaltensis
Binomial name
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
Coria & Salgado, 1996

Gasparinisaura (meaning "Gasparini's lizard") is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.

The first fossils of Gasparinisaura were found in 1992 near Cinco Saltos in Río Negro Province, Argentina. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was named and described in 1996 by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado. The generic name honors Argentine palaeontologist Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini. The specific name refers to Cinco Saltos.[1]

  1. ^ 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