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TURIASAURUS
(tu-re-ah-sore-us)
meaning: "Turia lizard"
Turiasaurus
Named By: R. RoyoinTorres, A. Cobos & L. Alcala in 2006
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 145 Ma
Location: Spain - Teruel Province - Villar del Arzobispo Formation
Size: Estimated to be roughly 30 meters long. Skull about 70 centimetres long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and post cranial remains, making up almost half of the post cranial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurichia | Sauropoda | Turiasauria |
Also known as: | Riodevasaurus |
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Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard"; Turia is the Latin name of Teruel) is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species T. riodevensis, found in a Spanish rock formation dated to the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, around 140 million years old.

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