Lapparentosaurus

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Name	Lapparentosaurus
Diet	Herbivore
Weight	22680 kilograms
Length	15 meters
Height	6 meters
Period	Middle Jurassic

Lapparentosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic. It was found in Madagascar (Isalo III Formation). Richard Lydekker named it in 1895. It was one of the largest animals that lived on land.

Lapparentosaurus had a small head, a very long neck and a tail. It was a huge and bulky dinosaur that could reach an enormous size. It moved on four thick, pillar-like legs. It was an herbivorous dinosaur that probably fed on conifers, gingkos, seed ferns, cycads, bennettitalean, ferns, clubmosses and horsetails. Like any other dinosaur, Lapparentosaurus reproduced by laying eggs.

Lapparentosaurus is estimated to have been about 15 meters long.

What did Lapparentosaurus eat?

It was an herbivorous dinosaur that probably fed on conifers, gingkos, seed ferns, cycads, bennettitalean, ferns, clubmosses and horsetails.

What does Lapparentosaurus mean?

The name means "Lapparent's reptile".

When does Lapparentosaurus live?

Lapparentosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic. It was found in Madagascar (Isalo III Formation).

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References

Bonaparte, J. F. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebrae anatomy.In: The beginning of the age of dinosaurs, Fauna Changes across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary, Padian, K. (ed.). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.247-258.
Rimblot-Baly, F., A. de Ricqlès, & L. Zylberberg, 1995, "Analyse paléohistologique d'une série de croissance partielle chez. Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis (Jurassic Moyen): essai sur la dynamique de croissance d'un dinosaure sauropode", Annales de Paléontologie 81: 49-86
de Ricqlès, 1983, "Cyclical growth in the long bones of a sauropod dinosaur", Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 28: 225-232
R. Lydekker, 1895, "On bones of a sauropodous dinosaur from Madagascar", Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51: 329-336
Philip D. Mannion, Ronan Allain & Olivier Moine, 2017, "The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae", PeerJ 5: e3217 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3217
Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press. ISBN 0520254082.
Royo-Torres, Rafael; Upchurch, Paul; Kirkland, James I.; DeBlieux, Donald D.; Foster, John R.; Cobos, Alberto; Acalá, Luis (2017). "Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA".. Scientific Reports 7. PMC 5662694. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14677-2.

Fun Facts

Lapparentosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur.
Lapparentosaurus had a small head, a very long neck and a tail.
It moved on four thick pillar-shaped legs.
It was a herbivore.