Europasaurus holgeri 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

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

See also Bolecsek and Wings 2013, Carballido et al. 2020, Company et al. 2015, D'Emic 2012, Lallensack et al. 2015, Myers and Fiorillo 2009, Navarro et al. 2022, Ren et al. 2021, Rigby et al. 2021, Sander et al. 2006 and van der Lubbe et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DFMMh/FV 291. Its type locality is Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 83, Langenberg, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay mudstone in the Süntel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rohstoffbetriebe Oker quarry, bed 83, Langenberg

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