Lapampasaurus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
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| taxon = Lapampasaurus
| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, {{fossil_range|76|70}}
| authority = Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012
| type_species = {{extinct}}Lapampasaurus cholinoi
| type_species_authority = Coria, Riga & Casadío, 2012
}}
Lapampasaurus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian stage) of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It contains a single species, Lapampasaurus cholinoi.{{Cite journal|author=Rodolfo A. Coria, Bernardo González Riga and Silvio Casadío |year=2012 |title=Un nuevo hadrosáurido (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=552–572 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.9.4.2012.487 |bibcode=2012Amegh..49..552C |s2cid=131521822 |url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/487|url-access=subscription }}
The generic name refers to the Argentine province of La Pampa. The specific name honours the late collector José Cholino. The material includes cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the forelimb girdle, and the partial hindlimb.
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Category:Maastrichtian dinosaurs
Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Coria