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Gasparinisaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Family: ?Hypsilophodontidae
Genus: Gasparinasaura
Species: G. cincosaltensis
Binomial name
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
Coria & Salgado, 1996
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Gasparinisaura is the name of a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Argentina. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was described in 1996 by Coria and Salgado. Originally classified as an iguanodont, recent research indicates it was a hypsilophodont. In any case, it was an ornithopod.
External Links
http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ornithopoda.htm
Referances
- Coria, R. A., and L. Salgado. 1996. A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:445–457.
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