- Demandasaurus
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Demandasaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125 MaScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: †Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: †Sauropoda Family: †Rebbachisauridae Genus: †Demandasaurus
Fernández-Baldor et al., 2011Species: †D. darwini Binomial name Demandasaurus darwini
Fernández-Baldor et al., 2011Demandasaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod 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 Demandasaurus darwini.[1]
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". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 535–552. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0003. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100003.pdf.
Categories:- Sauropodomorph stubs
- Cretaceous dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs of Europe
- Diplodocoids
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
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