Losillasaurus
Field photograph to come
Losillasaurus
DV-0485 · type species Losillasaurus giganteus
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain and Portugal
- Named by
- Casanovas et al. 2001
Field notes
About Losillasaurus
Losillasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Losillasaurus, from Spain and Portugal. Its fossils come from rocks including the Villar del Arzobispo Formation and the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation. It was named by Casanovas et al. in 2001.
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 Turiasauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. L. Casanovas, J. V. Santafé, and J. L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo saurópodo del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España) [Losillasaurus giganteus, a new sauropod from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of the "Los Serranos" basin (Valencia, Spain)]. Paleontologia i Evolucio 32-33:99-122