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Lapampasaurus

Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi. The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.

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Lapampasaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Genus: Lapampasaurus
Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012
Type species
Lapampasaurus cholinoi
Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012

Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian stage) of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi.1 The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.1

Contemporaneous known fauna from the Allen Formation (Lapampasaurus in maroon, right) source ↗
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