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long-neck giant
Dinheirosaurus
Say it like this: “deen-YAYR-o-SAWR-us”
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
Dinheirosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 1999 · Bonaparte, J. F.; Mateus, O.
- Hip height
- 4.1 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 20–25 m · 66–82 ft
- Weight
- 8.8 tonnes
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diplodocinae
The story in short
Dinheirosaurus was formally named in 1999 by J. F. Bonaparte and O. Mateus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Dinheirosaurus at a length near 20–25 m, hips about 4.1 m high, and a body mass around 8.8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diplodocinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus viator
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Barosaurus
Barosaurus lentus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Diplodocus
Diplodocus longus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago