Turiasaurus
Sign in to saveTuriasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Turiasaurus riodevensis, found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain.
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It sits within the topics Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of Spain and Fossil taxa described in 2006.
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- Parent taxon
- Turiasauria
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- Turiasaurus1.jpg
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- 146000000-
- taxon name
- Turiasaurus
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- genus
- Commons category
- Turiasaurus
- start time
- 155000000-
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Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species Turiasaurus riodevensis, found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain.
== Description == 250px|thumb|left|Size compared with a human Turiasaurus is believed to be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, and is among the largest dinosaurs known. It was originally estimated at over , possibly around in length and with a weight of . More recent estimates suggest a length of in length, but a comparable weight of . The length of its skull is 70 centimetres, which is not too large. According to the paleontologist Luis Alcalá, this is because a larger head might have caused Turiasaurus to break its neck.
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