Europasaurus Sander et al. 2006 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: P. M. Sander, O. Mateus, T. Laven and N. Knótschke. 2006. Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur. Nature 441:739-741

Parent taxon: Camarasauromorpha according to J. L. Carballido et al. 2020

See also Bolecsek and Wings 2013, Carballido et al. 2015, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic 2013, D'Emic et al. 2016, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Mannion et al. 2017, Mannion et al. 2013, Mannion et al. 2019 and Sander et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Camarasauridae, Tehuelchesaurus

Subtaxa: Europasaurus holgeri

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 83, Langenberg (Jurassic of Germany)

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