Temporal range: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian ~155–146 Ma
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Mounted replica skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:
†Sauropoda
Clade:
†Turiasauria
Genus:
†Turiasaurus Royo Torres et al. 2006
Species:
†T. riodevensis
Binomial name
†Turiasaurus riodevensis
Royo Torres et al. 2006
Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Turiasaurus riodevensis, found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain.
Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Turiasaurus...
type species is Zby atlanticus, although it was initially thought to be Turiasaurus riodevensis. It is known solely from its holotype, a closely associated...
Turiasauria was originally erected by Royo-Torres et al. (2006) to include Turiasaurus, Galvesaurus and Losillasaurus, all of which hail from the Villar del...
migrations favor the enormous body size of giant sauropods? The case of Turiasaurus". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.7203/sjp.28176. King, J. L...
Rioarribasaurus – junior synonym of Coelophysis "Riodevasaurus" – nomen nudum; Turiasaurus Riojasaurus Riojasuchus – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian...
the Late Jurassic (specifically Kimmeridgian), such as the turiasaur Turiasaurus, the mamenchisaurids Mamenchisaurus and Xinjiangtitan, the diplodocoids...
Pelorosaurus, but restudy has suggested that it could be related to Turiasaurus, a roughly contemporaneous giant Spanish sauropod. It is only known from...
lacking any convexities. Unlike more derived sauropods but also seen in Turiasaurus, the frontal bone of Mierasaurus participates in the margin of the supratemporal...
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