Lourinhanosaurus
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Lourinhanosaurus
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- Lived
- 152 to 145 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Portugal
- Named by
- Mateus 1998
Field notes
About Lourinhanosaurus
Lourinhanosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Lourinhanosaurus, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Lourinhã Formation. It was named by Mateus in 1998.
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 Coelurosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: O. Mateus. 1998. Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã, Portugal. Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37:111-124