Zby
Field photograph to come
Zby
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- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Portugal
- Named by
- Mateus et al. 2014
Field notes
About Zby
Zby was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Zby, from Portugal. Its fossils come from rocks including the Lourinhã Formation and the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation. It was named by Mateus et al. in 2014.
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: O. Mateus, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch. 2014. Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):618-634