Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Alternative combination: Supersaurus lourinhanensis
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and O. Mateus. 1999. A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales, Paleontología 5(2):13-29
Belongs to Dinheirosaurus according to P. Mocho et al. 2016
See also Bonaparte and Mateus 1999, Cerda 2008, Escaso et al. 2007, Harris 2006, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion et al. 2012, Mateus 2006, Mateus and Milàn 2010, Mocho et al. 2013, Mocho et al. 2017, Mocho et al. 2019, Ortega et al. 2009, Ortega et al. 2010, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2007, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2008, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Tschopp et al. 2015, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Wings 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ML 414, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Praia de Porto Dinheiro cliff (top), which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay sandstone/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Praia de Porto Dinheiro cliff (top)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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