Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. 2001 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: M. L. Casanovas, J. V. Santafé, and J. L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo saurópodo del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España) [Losillasaurus giganteus, a new sauropod from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of the "Los Serranos" basin (Valencia, Spain)]. Paleontologia i Evolucio 32-33:99-122

Belongs to Losillasaurus according to R. Royo-Torres et al. 2021

See also Barco et al. 2006, Canudo et al. 2010, Casanovas et al. 2001, Cobos et al. 2014, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Mocho et al. 2014, Mocho et al. 2019, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2009, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2007, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sharma et al. 2022, Suñer et al. 2008, Upchurch et al. 2004, Vila et al. 2011 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCNV Lo-5, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is La Cañada, Barranco de Escáiz, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel lag sandstone in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Portugal (1 collection), Spain (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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