Alternative combination: Lirainosaurus astibiai
Full reference: J. L. Sanz, J. E. Powell, J. Le Loeuff, R. Martinez, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 1999. Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Laño (northcentral Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships. Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava 14(especial 1):235-255
Belongs to Lirainosaurus according to V. Díez Díaz et al. 2013
See also Apesteguía 2007, Calvo and González Riga 2003, Company 2011, Company et al. 2015, Company Rodríguez 2005, Curry Rogers 2005, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2021, Díez Díaz et al. 2016, Díez Díaz et al. 2014, Díez Díaz and Pereda Suberbiola 2010, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2011, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Garcia et al. 2010, García et al. 2015, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Isasmendi et al. 2022, Kellner et al. 2005, Kellner et al. 2006, Laurent et al. 2001, Le Loeuff 2010, Malkani 2007, Mocho et al. 2014, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020, Páramo et al. 2016, Powell 2003, Rigby et al. 2021, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Salgado 2003, Salgado and Coria 2005, Santucci and Bertini 2006, Sanz et al. 1999, Soto et al. 2012, Suñer et al. 2008, Torcida Fernández-Baldor 2005, Torices et al. 2015, Tortosa et al. 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004, Vila et al. 2012, Vila et al. 2008, Vila et al. 2011 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCNA 7458. Its type locality is Laño L1A, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Vitoria Formation of Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Spain (7)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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