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Dinosaur: Zby atlanticus

Length*: | 18 m | 59.1 ft |
Weight*: | 19 t | 41,888 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian
Years: 154.8–149.2 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Formation: Lourinhã
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton (tooth, forelimb and other fragments).
References: Mateus, O., Mannion, P. D., & Upchurch, P. (2014). Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal.