Lapparentosaurus Bonaparte 1986 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy. The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 247-258

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Company 2011, Flynn et al. 2006, Mannion et al. 2017, Mannion et al. 2013, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, Raveloson et al. 2019, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch and Martin 2003 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Andranomamy, Tsinjorano (Jurassic of Madagascar)

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