Lessemsaurus

Lessemsaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 228–208.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:†Sauropoda
Clade:†Lessemsauridae
Genus:†Lessemsaurus
Bonaparte, 1999
Species: †L. sauropoides
Binomial name
Lessemsaurus sauropoides
Bonaparte, 1999

Lessemsaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to Lessemsauridae.

Naming and description

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The type species, L. sauropoides, was formally described by José Fernando Bonaparte in 1999 in honor of Don Lessem, a writer of popular science books. It was found in the Los Colorados Formation of La Rioja Province, Argentina.[1]

This dinosaur was around 9 metres (30 ft) long and was discovered in strata dating to the Norian stage, around 210 million years ago.[2][3]

Classification

In 2018, Apaldetti et al. recovered it as part of a clade they named Lessemsauridae, after Lessemsaurus. Their cladogram is reproduced below:[4]

Sauropodiformes

 

Mussaurus

 
 

 

Aardonyx

 
 

Sefapanosaurus

 
 

 

Melanorosauridae

 

Camelotia

 
 

Melanorosaurus

 
 
 
 

Sauropoda

 

Lessemsauridae

 

Antetonitrus

 
 

 

Ingentia

 
 

Lessemsaurus

 
 
 
 
 

 

Blikanasaurus

 
 

 

Gongxianosaurus

 
 

 

Pulanesaura

 
 

Gravisauria

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al., 2004. "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 527–528. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Bonaparte, J. F. (1999). "Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha". Ameghiniana. 36: 115–187.
  3. ↑ Pol, D.; Powell, J. E. (2007). "New information on Lessemsaurus sauropoides (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 77: 223–243.
  4. ↑ Apaldetti; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignatio A.; Pol, Diego; Alcober, Oscar (2018). "An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs". Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0599-y.
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