Mierasaurus

My-rah-sor-us.

By Emily Green

Published on June 30, 2015

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Name

Mierasaurus.

Phonetic

My-rah-sor-us.

Named By

R.‭ ‬Royo-Torres,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Kirkland,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬DeBlieux,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Foster,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Cobos‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬Alcal�‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Turiasauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

M.‭ ‬bobyoungi‭

Size

Skull about‭ ‬68‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Utah‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cedar Mountain Formation.

Time Period

Berriasian/Valanginian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

‭P‬artial skull and partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

Mierasaurus is a genus of turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived in Western North America during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Mierasaurus along with the genus Moabosaurus represent at the time of writing some of the last known Turiasaurian sauropod dinosaurs to exist.

-‭ ‬Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports‭ ‬7:14311:1-12.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Royo-Torres,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Kirkland,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬DeBlieux,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Foster,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Cobos‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬Alcal�‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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Mierasaurus

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