Lourinhanosaurus

Say it like this: “loh-reen-YAH-no-SAWR-us”

Lourinhanosaurus antunesi

Lourinhanosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.

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When: Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Named in: 1998 · Mateus, O.
Hip height: 1.1 m · 4 ft
Length: 4.5 m · 15 ft
Weight: 160 kg · 353 lb
Found in: Portugal · Lourinhã
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Avetheropoda

The story in short

In 1998, O. Mateus published the name Lourinhanosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Lourinhanosaurus date to 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 carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Lourinhanosaurus at a length near 4.5 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 160 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Avetheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.

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