Dinheirosaurus Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Bonaparte and Mateus 1999)
/dˌɪnɛɹəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 152.2–149.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Portugal
Region
Centro
Formation
Lourinhã
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–149.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Centro, Portugal. It was named by (Bonaparte and Mateus 1999). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis sits in deep time
Dinheirosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.