Dinosauria›Ornithischia
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Laquintasaura Laquintasaura venezuelae Barrett et al. 2014
/lˈækwɪntˌæsɔːɹə/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · 201.4–199.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Venezuela
Region
Táchira
Formation
La Quinta
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Laquintasaura venezuelae is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–199.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Táchira, Venezuela. It was named by Barrett et al. 2014. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Laquintasaura venezuelae sits in deep time
Laquintasaura
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Laquintasaura venezuelae's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.