Gasparinisaura (meaning "Gasparini's lizard") is an extinct genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
The first fossils of Gasparinisaura were in 1992 found in Argentina, near Cinco Saltos in Río Negro Province. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was named and described in 1996 by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado. The generic name honours Argentine paleontologist Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini. The specific name refers to Cinco Saltos.
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Gasparinisaura is featured in both the Dinosaur Field Guide as well as the Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide.