Leyesaurus
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| Leyesaurus | |
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| Skull of Leyesaurus marayensis in lateral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Massospondylidae |
| Genus: | †Leyesaurus Apaldetti et al. 2011 |
| Species: | †L. marayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Leyesaurus marayensis Apaldetti et al. 2011
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Leyesaurus is an
Description
Leyesaurus is known from the
Lower Jurassic (based on the similarities between Leyesaurus and Lower Jurassic sauropodomorphs, like Massospondylus and Adeopapposaurus). Leyesaurus was found near the locality Balde de Leyes, in the Caucete Department of San Juan Province. Within Massospondylidae, Leyesaurus was found to be most closely related to Adeopapposaurus.[1]
Etymology
Leyesaurus was first named by Cecilia Apaldetti, Ricardo N. Martinez, Oscar A. Alcober and Diego Pol in
generic name honors the Leyes family, inhabitants of the small town Balde de Leyes, who discovered the holotype and notified the paleontologists of the San Juan Museum, and saurus, Greek for "lizard". The specific name refers to the Marayes-El Carrizal Basin, where the holotype was discovered.[1]
Phylogeny
The following cladogram shows the position of Leyesaurus within Massopoda, according to Oliver W. M. Rauhut and colleagues, 2020:[2]
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