Gasparinisaura was a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in the Late Cretaceous. The name means \"Gasparini's lizard\" in reference to the Argentinian paleontologist Dr. Zulma B. Gasparini, who studied the Mesozoic reptiles of Patagonia. The fossils were unearthed in the Anacleto Formation layer, which dates to the early Campanian, about 83 million years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a small bipedal dinosaur estimated to be 1.7 meters long and weighing thirteen kilograms. Its head was round and moderately elongated. Its forelimbs were lightly built. The tail had triangular chevrons in the shape of a low plate that expanded towards the back. It was a herbivorous animal that probably fed on plants such as conifers, cycads and ginkgos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gasparinisaura was a dinosaur with a beak and a spiked thumb. It had long legs, short arms and a relatively short snout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n