Dinosaur: Losillasaurus giganteus
Length*: | 20 m | 65.6 ft |
Weight*: | 26 tons | 57,320 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Casanovas-Cladellas et al.
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Spain, Portugal
Region: Valencian Community, Aragon, Oeste
Formation: Villar del Arzobispo, Praia de Amoreira-Porto Novo
Sources
Material: Two partial skeletons (include skull fragments) and caudal vertebra.
References: Casanovas, Maria Lourdes; Santafé, José Vicente; Sanz, José Luis (2001). "Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo saurópodo del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico e la Cuenca de “Los Serranos" (Valencia, España)".
Rafael Royo-Torres; Alberto Cobos; Pedro Mocho; Luis Alcalá (2020). "Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain".
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