Lamplughsaura
Lamplughsaura Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
Infraorder: | ?Sauropoda |
Genus: | Lamplughsaura Kutty et al., 2007 |
Species | |
L. dharmaramensis Kutty et al., 2007 (type) |
Lamplughsaura is a genus of saurischian dinosaur from the Sinemurian-age (Early Jurassic) Dharmaram Formation of India, dating from between 196 to 190 million years ago. The type species is L. dharmaramensis. It is known from several partial skeletons of a large quadrupedal animal up to 10 meters (33 ft) long, and was either a basal sauropod or, less likely, a more basal sauropodomorph.[1]
It was named after Pamela Lamplugh, founder of the Indian Statistical Institute.[1]
References
- 1 2 Kutty, T.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P.M.; Upchurch, P. (2007). "Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships". Journal of Paleontology 81 (6): 1552–1574. doi:10.1666/04-074.1.
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