Demandasaurus
| Demandasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Nigersaurinae |
| Genus: | †Demandasaurus Fernández-Baldor et al., 2011 |
| Species: | † D. darwini |
| Binomial name | |
| Demandasaurus darwini Fernández-Baldor et al., 2011 | |
Demandasaurus (meaning "Demanda lizard") is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from early Cretaceous (late Barremian – early Aptian stage) deposits of Spain. Demandasaurus is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains. It was collected from the Castrillo la Reina Formation in Burgos Province of Spain. It was first named by Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Diego Montero, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola and Leonardo Salgado in 2011 and the type species is Demandasaurus darwini.[1]
Left dentary
References
- ↑ Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Diego Montero, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola and Leonardo Salgado (2011). "Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 535–552. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0003.
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