Lirainosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Lirainosaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
genus = "Lirainosaurus"
species = "L. astibae"
binomial = "Lirainosaurus astibae"
binomial_authority = 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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/saltasauridae.htm Saltasauridae]