Ornithischia

Laquintasaura venezuelae

Laquintasaura venezuelae skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~1.2 m.
Scale bar = 10 centimeters
Taxon
Laquintasaura venezuelae Barrett et al., 2014
Reconstructed length
~1.2 m (4 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2012, revised 2014
Clade
  1. Ornithischia

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A small, early ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Venezuela, roughly a meter (3 feet) long. Laquintasaura is notable as one of the few dinosaurs known from northern South America and appears to have lived in groups.

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As published in Barrett et al. (2014)

Laquintasaura venezuelae skeletal reconstruction as published in Barrett et al. (2014).
Figure from Barrett et al. (2014)