Dinosaurs · Small ornithopod
Gasparinisaura
Say it gas-pah-reen-ee-sore-us. The name means ‘Gasparinis lizard’.
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Late Cretaceous86 to 71 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria and Salgado (1996)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ornithopoda › Euornithopoda
Small ornithopods. Small, fast, two-legged plant-eaters. See all 12
Lived at the same time
- Aucasaurus · same country
- Noasaurus · same country
- Antarctosaurus · same country
- Dreadnoughtus · same country
- Puertasaurus · same country
- Kritosaurus · same country
- Abelisaurus · same country
- Alvarezsaurus · same country
Other small ornithopods
- Parksosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Thescelosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Orodromeus Late Cretaceous
- Oryctodromeus Late Cretaceous
- Zalmoxes Late Cretaceous
- Leaellynasaura Early Cretaceous
- Zephyrosaurus Early Cretaceous
- Atlascopcosaurus Early Cretaceous
Source: Gasparinisaura in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.