Genera

Lourinhasaurus

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Lourinhasaurus

“Lourinhã Formation
lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay ]

CLASSIFICATION

Lourinhasaurus
Dantas, Sanz, Da Silva, Ortega, Dos Santos & Cachco, 1998TYPE SPECIES:
L. alenquerensis (de Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) (originally Apatosaurus)

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Macronaria

MEASUREMENTS

MASS: 15 tonnes to 20 tonnes

see also: World Records

TIME

Kimmeridgian to Tithonian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

partial postcrania, tail vertebrae, teeth

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Originally assigned to Apatosaurus, and then to Camarasaurus, new material shows that this Portuguese species to belong to a separate genus.