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Lirainosaurus Lirainosaurus astibiae Sanz et al. 1999
/lˌɜːɹeɪnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, France
Regions
Valencia · Castilla y Leon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Languedoc-Roussillon
Formations
Sierra Perenchiza · Vitoria · Sedano · Grès à Reptiles
Dig sites
9
distinct collections
Overview
Lirainosaurus astibiae is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Valencia, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by Sanz et al. 1999. The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lirainosaurus astibiae sits in deep time
Lirainosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lirainosaurus astibiae'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.