Lamplughsaura

Say it like this: “LAHM-plu-SOR-uh”

Lamplughsaura dharmaramensis

Lamplughsaura ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in India.

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When: Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Kutty, T. S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P. M.; Upchurch, P.
Hip height: 2 m · 7 ft
Length: 10 m · 33 ft
Weight: 1.2 tonnes
Found in: India · Dharmaram
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Sauropoda

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The genus Lamplughsaura dates to 2007, the year T. S. Kutty and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Lamplughsaura date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Dharmaram Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Lamplughsaura at a length near 10 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 1.2 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Aepisaurus

Aepisaurus elephantinus

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Amygdalodon

Amygdalodon patagonicus

Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago

Archaeodontosaurus

Archaeodontosaurus descouensi

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago