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Lessemsaurus Lessemsaurus sauropoides Bonaparte 1999
/lˌɛsɪmsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
La Rioja
Formation
Los Colorados
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Lessemsaurus sauropoides is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from La Rioja, Argentina. It was named by Bonaparte 1999. 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 Lessemsaurus sauropoides sits in deep time
Lessemsaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lessemsaurus sauropoides'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.