Lisboasaurus
Name:
Lisboasaurus.
Phonetic: Liz-bo-ah-sor-us.
Named By: J. Seiffert - 1975.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha.
Species: L. estesi (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Portugal - Alcoba�a Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Maxilla. Dentary also known.
Lisboasaurus is a genus of crocodylomorph that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic. A former species of Lisboasaurus, L. mitracostatus, has now been re-assigned to its own genus, Lusitanisuchus.
Further reading
- Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal. Contribui��o para o
conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota
(Leiria, Portugal). Servi�os Geol�gicos de Portugal, Mem�ria
(Nova S�rie) 22:7-85. - J. Seiffert - 1975.
- Lusitanisuchus, a new generic name for
Lisboasaurus
mitracostatus (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia),
with a
description of new remains from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
and Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Portugal. Canadian Journal
of Earth Science 41(10):1259–1271. - D. Schwarz
& R. Fechner - 2004.
- The first dentary of Lisboasaurus
(Crocodylomorpha,
?Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous of U�a, Cuenca Province,
Spain. - Journal of vertebrate Paleontology 28(1): 264-268. - D.
Schwarz & R. Fechner - 2008.
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