Laquintasaura

Laquintasaura is a genus of Venezuelan ornithischian dinosaur containing only the type species Laquintasaura venezuelae. The species is the first dinosaur to have been discovered in Venezuela.[1][2][3] Found in the Lower Jurassic, Hettangian, La Quinta Formation from which it takes its name, the bipedal species was about a meter long and 25 centimeters high.[2][4] L. venezuelae, which is believed to have lived in herds,[5] was primarily herbivorous, although it may have also eaten large insects and other small animals.[4][6]

Laquintasaura
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 200.91 Ma
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Hettangian
Reconstruction of Laquintasaura venezuelae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Genus: †Laquintasaura
Barrett et al., 2014
Species:
†L. venezuelae
Binomial name
†Laquintasaura venezuelae
Barrett et al., 2014

A phylogenetic analysis by Baron et al. (2017) recovered Laquintasaura as the sister-taxon to Scutellosaurus, within the clade Thyreophora.[7]

References
  1. Barrett, Paul M.; Butler, Richard J.; Mundil, Roland; Scheyer, Torsten M.; Irmis, Randall B.; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. (6 August 2014). "A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Royal Society. 281 (1791): 20141147. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1147. PMC 4132680. PMID 25100698.
  2. "New dinosaur discovered in Venezuela". Royal Society. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. Kashmira Gander (6 August 2014). "Laquintasaura: New dinosaur species discovered in Venezuela". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. Charles Q. Choi (6 August 2014). "New Fox-Sized Dinosaur Unearthed In Venezuela". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. Sam Rae (6 August 2014). "First Venezuelan dinosaur was a social animal". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. "Laquintasaura venezuelae: New Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Venezuela". Sci-News.com. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. Matthew G. Baron; David B. Norman; Paul M. Barrett (2016). "Postcranial anatomy of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Jurassic of southern Africa: implications for basal ornithischian taxonomy and systematics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. in press. doi:10.1111/zoj.12434


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