Limaysaurus

Limaysaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 99.7–97 Ma
Skeleton restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Superfamily: Diplodocoidea
Family: Rebbachisauridae
Subfamily: Limaysaurinae
Genus: Limaysaurus
Salgado et al., 2004
Type species
Limaysaurus tessonei
Salgado et al., 2004 (Calvo & Salgado, 1995)
Synonyms

Limaysaurus ("Limay lizard") is a genus represented by a single species of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaurs, which lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 99.6 to 97 million years ago, in the Cenomanian, in what is now South America (northwestern Patagonia and northeastern Brazil).