#limaysaurus

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Julaves day 3, Limaysaurus tessonei. Long neck and tail, not ideal for these tiny squares.

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Source: http://paleoguy.deviantart.com/art/Limaysaurus-456345377

Name: Limaysaurus tessonei

Name Meaning: Rio Lamay Lizard

First Described: 1995

Described By: Calvo & Salgado

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauria, Massopoda, Sauropodiformes, Anchisauria, Sauropoda, Gravisauria, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocimorpha, Rebbachisauridae, Limaysaurinae

Limaysaurus is one of the better known Rebbachisaurids, found in the Lohan Cura Formation and the Rio Limay Formation in Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It lived at the boundary between the Aptian and Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous, about 113 million years ago. It had very tall neural spines and it was about fifteen meters long and 3 meters tall. It was very closely related to Rebbachisaurus and Nigersaurus. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limaysaurus

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/l/limaysaurus.html