Tastavinsaurus
Field photograph to come
Tastavinsaurus
DV-0669
- Lived
- 121 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Canudo et al. 2008
Field notes
About Tastavinsaurus
Tastavinsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Tastavinsaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from rocks including the Forcall Formation and the Xert Formation. It was named by Canudo et al. in 2008.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Canudo, R. Royo-Torres, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2008. A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):712-731