Lirainosaurus
Field photograph to come
Lirainosaurus
DV-0444
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Sanz et al. 1999
Field notes
About Lirainosaurus
Lirainosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Lirainosaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from rocks including the Vitoria Formation and the Sedano Formation. It was named by Sanz et al. in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lirainosaurinae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. L. Sanz, J. E. Powell, and J. Le Loeuff, R. Martinez, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 1999. Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Laño (northcentral Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships. Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava 14(especial 1):235-255