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long-neck giant
Leinkupal
Say it like this: “leen-koo-pahl”
Leinkupal laticauda
Leinkupal ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Gallina, P. A.; Apesteguía, S.; Haluza, A.; Canale, J. I.
- Hip height
- 1.6 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajada Colorada
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diplodocinae
The story in short
Leinkupal was formally named in 2014 by P. A. Gallina and colleagues. The name means “vanishing family.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajada Colorada Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Leinkupal at a length near 9 m and hips about 1.6 m high.
On the family tree it sits in Diplodocinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus viator
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Barosaurus
Barosaurus lentus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Dinheirosaurus
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago