Species
Valid Extinct

Losillasaurus giganteus

Casanovas et al. 2001

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Turiasauria Unranked clade
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Losillasaurus Genus
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Losillasaurus giganteus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
2
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Geological formations
Villar del Arzobispo
2
Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
M. L. Casanovas, J. V. Santafé, and J. L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo saurópodo del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España) [Losillasaurus giganteus, a new sauropod from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of the "Los Serranos" basin (Valencia, Spain)]. Paleontologia i Evolucio 32-33:99-122
Bibliography (2)
R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and P. Mocho, L. Alcalá. 2021. Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new ‘rosetta’ specimen from Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(1):201-227 DOI ↗
M. L. Casanovas, J. V. Santafé, and J. L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo saurópodo del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España) [Losillasaurus giganteus, a new sauropod from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of the "Los Serranos" basin (Valencia, Spain)]. Paleontologia i Evolucio 32-33:99-122