[D] Ligabueino andesi [sG] [T]
Describer
Bonaparte, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Early Hauterivian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda [Neoceratosauria]
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
La Amarga Formation, Argentina
Length
0.5 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
(not larger than a chicken) Discovered in 1985 by the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences. Based on various skeletal elements first illustrated in Bonaparte, 1995 (Dinosaurios de America del Sur). Named after Dr. Giancario Ligabue in honour of his contribution to the knowledge of Patagonia.