Dinosaur
Gasparinisaura
Its jaws had large teeth for processing vegetation.
Gasparinisaura’s name honors paleontologist Zulma Gasparini.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Gasparinisaura at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ornithopoda
- Ornithopods
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Gasparinisaura
It was a plant-feeding ornithopod. The first fossils were found near Cinco Saltos in 1992 and the name honors paleontologist Zulma Gasparini.
Behind the name’s tribute was a small herbivore with large teeth for processing plants. The discovery story and the shape of its mouth offer two different ways to get to know it.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
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- Gasparinisaura
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- Ornithopoda
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- Living birds
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