Mierasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2017 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. Royo-Torres, P. Upchurch, J. I. Kirkland, D. D. DeBlieux, J. R. Foster, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2017. Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA. Scientific Reports 7:14311:1-12

Parent taxon: Turiasauria according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Royo-Torres et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Losillasaurus, Moabosaurus, Narindasaurus, Tendaguria, Turiasaurus, Zby

Subtaxa: Mierasaurus bobyoungi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Doelling's Bowl Bonebed (UMNH VP Loc. 1208) (Cretaceous of Utah)

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