Every month, 100,000 readers use the Dinosaur Database, but we receive no support from you. Developing and updating the database requires a lot of work. Therefore, as of September 1, 2025, the database will be closed. If you want it to remain open and be updated, please support us via the "Buy us a coffee" button available on every page.
Dinosaur: Ligabuesaurus leanzai
| Length*: | 23 m | 75.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 27 t | 59,525 lb |
| Speed: | 32 km/h | 20 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian
Years: 121.4–100.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Bonaparte et al.
Year: 2006
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Lohan Cura
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, incomplete ribs, scapulae, limb bones and other fragments). Referred other fragments.
References: José F. Bonaparte et al. (2006). Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina.
