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Dinosaur: Draconyx loureiroi
| Length*: | 3.5 m | 11.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 170 kg | 375 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Mateus & Telles Antunes
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Formation: Lourinhã
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton (teeth, caudal vertebrae, limb bones and fragments) referred two femora.
References: Mateus, O., & Telles Antunes, M. (2001). Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal.
