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Losillasaurus Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. 2001
/lˌɑːsɪlɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Portugal
Regions
Valencia · Teruel · Centro
Formations
Villar del Arzobispo · Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Losillasaurus giganteus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 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 Casanovas et al. 2001. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Losillasaurus giganteus sits in deep time
Losillasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Losillasaurus giganteus'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.