Dinosauria›Saurischia
Zby Zby atlanticus Mateus et al. 2014
/zˌiːbˌiːwˈaɪ/
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
Formations
Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo · Lourinhã
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Zby atlanticus 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 Mateus et al. 2014. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Zby atlanticus sits in deep time
Zby
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Zby atlanticus'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.