Laquintasaura
| Laquintasaura Temporal range: 200.91 Ma | |
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| Reconstruction of Laquintasaura venezuelae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Genus: | †Laquintasaura |
| Species: | †L. venezuelae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Laquintasaura venezuelae Barrett et al., 2014[1] | |
Laquintasaura is a genus of Venezuelan dinosaur containing only the single species Laquintasaura venezuelae. The species is the first dinosaur to have been discovered in Venezuela.[1][2] Found in the Lower Jurassic, Hettangian, La Quinta Formation from which it takes its name, the bipedal species was about a meter long and 25 centimeters high.[1][3] L. venezuelae, which is believed to have lived in herds,[4] was primarily herbivorous, although it may have also eaten large insects and other small animals.[3][5]
A phylogentic analysis by Baron et al. (2016) recovered Laquintasaura as the sister-taxon to Scutellosaurus, within the clade Thyreophora.[6]
References
- Barrett, Paul M.; Butler, Richard J.; Mundil, Roland; Scheyer, Torsten M.; Irmis, Randall B.; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. (6 August 2014). "A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Royal Society. 281 (1791): 1–7. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1147. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
Notes
- 1 2 3 "New dinosaur discovered in Venezuela". Royal Society. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ Kashmira Gander (6 August 2014). "Laquintasaura: New dinosaur species discovered in Venezuela". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- 1 2 Charles Q. Choi (6 August 2014). "New Fox-Sized Dinosaur Unearthed In Venezuela". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ Sam Rae (6 August 2014). "First Venezuelan dinosaur was a social animal". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Laquintasaura venezuelae: New Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Venezuela". Sci-News.com. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ Matthew G. Baron; David B. Norman; Paul M. Barrett (2016). "Postcranial anatomy of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Jurassic of southern Africa: implications for basal ornithischian taxonomy and systematics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. in press. doi:10.1111/zoj.12434
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