Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis was a species of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in northern Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 85 million years ago.
Gasparinisaura was herbivorous; the upper jaw teeth are diamond-shaped and have ridges that were well suited for stripping vegetation.
Facts
Period | Cretaceous |
Age | 85 million years old |
Diet | Herbivore |
Height | 60cm at the hip |
Length | 1.7m in length |
Weight | approx. 13 kilograms |
Discovered at | Cinco Saltos, Rio Negro, Argentina (1996) |
Discovered by | Rodolfo Coria et al |