Genus
Valid Extinct

Lourinhasaurus

Dantas et al. 1998

Lourinhasaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur dating from Late Jurassic strata of Estremadura, Portugal. The genus is monotypic, containing one species, Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis. The type specimen for this species was discovered near the town of Alenquer, near an abandoned mill. The specimen is housed at the Geological Museum of Lisbon. The research history of Lourinhasaurus is not without controversies, with referred specimens later being interpreted as not belonging to the genus. Lourinhasaurus means "lizard from Lourinhã" literally translated, despite the fact that the type specimen wasn't found in the Lourinhã municipality.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Lourinhasaurus
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"Postcranial sauropod remains from the Arruda Sub-basin: 1-6 and 8-17, lectotype material of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis (Moinho do Carmo), middle-to-posterior cervical centrum (MG 30373) in left view (1), fused sacral neural spines (MG 30376) in left view (2), dorsal centrum (MG 4956) in left view (3), anterior caudal neural spine (MG 30374) in posterior (4) and anterior (5) views, anterior caudal centrum (MG 4956) in anterior view (6), middle dorsal neural spine (MG 30384) in posterior view (8), left ischium (MG 4957) in lateral view (9), posterior cervical neural spine (MG 30379) in right view (10), left scapula and coracoids (MG 5780) in lateral view (11), left astragalus (MG 30375) in proximal view (12), left pubis (MG 4970) in lateral view (13), left tibia (MG 4983) in anterior view (14), left fibula (MG 4984) in lateral view (15), left humerus (MG 2) in anterior view (16) and left femur (MG 4931) in posterior view (17); 7, Neosauropoda indet., partial dorsal centrum (MG 4799, Castanheira) in right view. Black scale bar: 10 cm. See Anatomical abbreviations for abbreviations." © Pedro Mocho, Rafael Royo-Torres, Fernando Escaso, Elisabete Malafaia, Carlos de Miguel Chaves, Iván Narváez, Adán Pérez-García, Nuno Pimentel, Bruno C. Silva, & Francisco Ortega · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Lourinhasaurus
Lourinhasaurus
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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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Camarasauridae Family
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Lourinhasaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
17,5 m ⓘ
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
Mass
19 000 kg ⓘ
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
5
Geological formations
Lourinhã
4
Alcobaça
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis 152 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
P. Dantas, J. L. Sanz, and C. M. da Silva, F. Ortega, V. F. dos Santos, M. Cachão. 1998. Lourinhasaurus n. gen. Novo dinossáurio saurópode do Juássico superior (Kimeridgiano superior-Titoniano inferior) de Portugal [Lourinhasaurus n. gen. New sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic (upper Kimmeridgian-lower Tithonian) of Portugal]. Actas do V Congresso Nacional de Geologia (Resumos Alargados). Comunicações del Instituto Geológico e Mineiro 84(1):A91-A94
Bibliography (2)
J. S. McIntosh. 1990. Species determination in sauropod dinosaurs with tentative suggestions for their classification. Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge DOI ↗
A. F. d. Lapparent and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal [The dinosaurs of Portugal]. Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2:1-63