Genus
Valid Extinct

Europasaurus

Sander et al. 2006

Europasaurus is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic of northern Germany, and has been identified as an example of insular dwarfism resulting from the isolation of a sauropod population on an island within the Lower Saxony basin.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Europasaurus
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fossil Europasaurus, Aathal Dinosaur Museum. © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Camarasauromorpha Unranked clade
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Europasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Süntel
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Europasaurus holgeri 152 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Sander, O. Mateus, and T. Laven, N. Knótschke. 2006. Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur. Nature 441:739-741
Bibliography (1)
P. M. Sander, O. Mateus, and T. Laven, N. Knótschke. 2006. Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur. Nature 441:739-741