Laquintasaura

 Laquintasaura is a genus of Venezuelanornithischian 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
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Reconstruction of Laquintasaura venezuelae
Scientific classificationedit
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]


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