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ZBY
(zb-ee)
meaning: "named after Georges Zbyszewski"
Zby
Named By: O. V. Mateus, P. D. Mannion & P. Upchurch in 2014
Time Period: Late Jurassic
Location: Portugal - Lourinha Formation
Size: Currently unknown due to lack of fossil remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial postcranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Turiasauira |
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Zby is an extinct genus of turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian stage) of the Lourinha Formation, central west Portugal. It contains a single species, Zby atlanticus. It is named after Georges Zbyszewski, who studied the geology and paleontology of Portugal.

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