Turiasaurus
Field photograph to come
Turiasaurus
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- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Royo-Torres et al. 2006
Field notes
About Turiasaurus
Turiasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Turiasaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation. It was named by Royo-Torres et al. in 2006.
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 Turiasauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2006. A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. Science 314:1925-1927