Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 319104
Alternative combination: Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and O. Mateus. 1999. A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales, Paleontología 5(2):13-29
Belongs to Supersaurus according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015
Sister taxon: Supersaurus vivianae
Type specimen: ML 414, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Praia de Porto Dinheiro cliff, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian estuary/bay sandstone/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore