Lourinhanosaurus

Mateus 1998

Lourinhanosaurus was a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) in Portugal. It is one of many large predators discovered at the Lourinhã Formation and probably competed with coeval Torvosaurus gurneyi, Allosaurus europaeus, and Ceratosaurus.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Lourinhanosaurus antunesi in Museum of Lourinhã © Cancelos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Tetanurae Unranked clade

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Coelurosauria Unranked clade

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Lourinhanosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇵🇹 Portugal

Geological formations

Lourinhã

Temporal distribution

Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)

Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Lourinhanosaurus antunesi 152 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

O. Mateus. 1998. Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã, Portugal. Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37:111-124

Bibliography (2)

P. P. Cunha, O. Mateus, and M. T. Antunes. 2004. The sedimentology of the Paimogo dinosaur nest site (Portugal, Upper Jurassic). Abstracts Book, 23rd IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Coimbra, Portugal

O. Mateus. 1998. Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã, Portugal. Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37:111-124