Lusotitan
Field photograph to come
Lusotitan
DV-0518
- Lived
- 152 to 145 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Brachiosauridae
- Found in
- Portugal
- Named by
- Antunes and Mateus 2003
Field notes
About Lusotitan
Lusotitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago. It belongs to the family Brachiosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lusotitan, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Lourinhã Formation. It was named by Antunes and Mateus in 2003.
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 Brachiosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. T. Antunes and O. Mateus. 2003. Dinosaurs of Portugal. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:77-95