Lirainosaurus
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Lirainosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Lirainosaurus astibae Sanz et al, 1999 |
Lirainosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Spain. The type species, Lirainosaurus astibiae, was described by Sanz, Powell, Le Loeuff, Martinez, and Pereda-Suberbiola in 1999.
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J. L. Sanz, J. E. Powell, J. Le Loeuff, R. Martinez, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola (1999). "Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Laño (north central Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships." Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava 14(1):235-255