Outline: a typical sauropod
Turiasaurus
"Turia lizard"
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Royo-Torres et al. 2006
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
150 million years ago
Field notes
About Turiasaurus
What it was like
Turiasaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs ever found in Europe. It was a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, with heart-shaped teeth.
It gives its name to a group of sauropods, the turiasaurs, which lived in Europe, Africa and North America.
Its world
It lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now eastern Spain. Its bones come from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation, where it shared the land with the stegosaur Dacentrurus and other long-necked plant eaters such as Losillasaurus.
How it was found
Royo-Torres and colleagues named Turiasaurus in 2006. Five finds are known, and its giant arm bone shows just how large it was.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Turiasauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2006. A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. Science 314:1925-1927