Demandasaurus
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Demandasaurus
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- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2011
Field notes
About Demandasaurus
Demandasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Demandasaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Castrillo de la Reina Formation. It was named by Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, D. Montero, X. Pereda Suberbiola, L. Salgado. 2011. Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):535-552