Genus
Valid Extinct

Portellsaurus

Santos-Cubedo et al. 2021

Portellsaurus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Margas de Mirambell Formation of Spain. The genus contains a single species, Portellsaurus sosbaynati, known from a partial right dentary.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Portellsaurus
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Photograph of the right dentary of the holotype (MQ98-II-1) of the hadrosauroid Portellsaurus sosbaynati (Santos-Cubedo et al., 2021). A is the labial view; B is the lingual view; C is the occlusal view; D is a 2x enlargement. Scale bars equal 10 centimetres. © Andrés Santos-Cubedo ,Carlos de Santisteban, Begoña Poza, Sergi Meseguer · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Portellsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Mirambel
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Portellsaurus sosbaynati 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Santos-Cubedo, C. d. Santisteban, and B. Poza, S. Meseguer. 2021. A new styracosternan hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Portell, Spain. PLoS ONE 16(7):e0253599:1-30 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Santos-Cubedo, C. d. Santisteban, and B. Poza, S. Meseguer. 2021. A new styracosternan hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Portell, Spain. PLoS ONE 16(7):e0253599:1-30 DOI ↗