Mierasaurus

DV-0989

Lived: 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: United States
Named by: Royo-Torres et al. 2017

Field notes

About Mierasaurus

Mierasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mierasaurus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Royo-Torres et al. in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Turiasauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Royo-Torres, P. Upchurch, and J. I. Kirkland, D. D. DeBlieux, J. R. Foster, A. Cobos, L. Alcalá. 2017. Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA. Scientific Reports 7:14311:1-12