Dinheirosaurus
Field photograph to come
Dinheirosaurus
DV-0437 · type species Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Diplodocidae
- Found in
- Portugal
- Named by
- Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
Field notes
About Dinheirosaurus
Dinheirosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Diplodocidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dinheirosaurus, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Lourinhã Formation. It was named by Bonaparte and Mateus in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diplodocidae.
- BrontosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- DiplodocusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ApatosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- SupersaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BarosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- GaleamopusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- TornieriaLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ArdetosaurusLate Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte and O. Mateus. 1999. A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales, Paleontología 5(2):13-29