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long-neck giant
Zby
Say it like this: “zee-bee”
Zby atlanticus
Zby ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Mateus, O.; Mannion, P. D.; Upchurch, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 16–18 m · 52–59 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Turiasauria
The story in short
The genus Zby dates to 2014, the year O. Mateus and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Zby at a length near 16–18 m.
On the family tree it sits in Turiasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amanzia
Amanzia greppini
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Losillasaurus
Losillasaurus giganteus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Mierasaurus
Mierasaurus bobyoungi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago