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Portellsaurus

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DV-1153Mirambel Fm., Spain

Portellsaurus

DV-1153 · type species Portellsaurus sosbaynati

Lived
126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
Spain
Named by
Santos-Cubedo et al. 2021

Field notes

About Portellsaurus

Portellsaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Portellsaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Mirambel Formation. It was named by Santos-Cubedo et al. in 2021.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Santos-Cubedo, C. d. Santisteban, and B. Poza, S. Meseguer. 2021. A new styracosternan hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Portell, Spain. PLoS ONE 16(7):e0253599:1-30