Which dinosaur was named after the province where Bartolome Saravi was General Minister in 1847?
La Rioja Province, Argentina La Rioja (] ) is one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan. The dinosaur "Riojasaurus" is named after the province.
Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage, 100 to 125 million years ago). It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, "Ligabuesaurus leanzai", was described by Jose Bonaparte, Gonzalez Riga, and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2006, based on a partial skeleton. The specific name, "leanzai", is dedicated to the geologist Dr. Héctor A. Leanza, who discovered the skeleton.