Lusotitan
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Lusotitan is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was a brachiosaurid sauropod with long forearms, one of the hallmarks of the brachiosaur family. Its fossils were found in Portugal, dating to the Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic.
A partial skeleton was uncovered in Portugal in 1975; it is estimated that Lusotitan (L. atalaiensis) was 25 meters (82 feet) long. No skull has yet been found, but it would fit the typtical brachiosaurid pattern with very high and open nostrils and spoon-shaped teeth.
The type species is Lusotitan atalaiensis. Originally described as Brachiosaurus atalaiensis by Lapparent and Zybszewski in 1975, it was reclassified in 2003.
[edit] References
Dixon, Dougal. 'The Complete Book of Dinosaurs.' Hermes House, 2006.
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