Mierasaurus bobyoungi 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

Belongs to Mierasaurus according to G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso 2021

See also Royo-Torres et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH.VP.26004, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Doelling's Bowl Bonebed (UMNH VP Loc. 1208), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial chert in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

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

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