Losillasaurus

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Losillasaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
(unranked) Turiasauria
Genus: Losillasaurus
Casanovas, Santafe and Sanz, 2001
Species
  • Losillasaurus giganteus

Losillasaurus (meaning "Losilla lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. It was a turiasaurian which lived in what is now Spain. The type species, Losillasaurus giganteus, was formally described by Casanovas, Santafe and Sanz, in 2001.

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