Zby
Name: Zby
(named after Georges Zbyszewski).
Phonetic: Zb-ee.
Named By: O. V. Mateus, P. D. Mannion
& P. Upchurch - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Turiasauira.
Species: Z. atlanticus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Currently unknown due to lack of fossil
remains.
Known locations: Portugal - Lourinh� Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial postcranial remains.
Not
a lot is known about Zby, other than it was a
eusauropod
dinosaur
that seems to have featured similarities with the genus Turiasaurus
from Spain, which may also be the largest sauropod dinosaur known
from Europe. Zby might sound like a strange name
for an animal, but
this dinosaur was actually named in honour of Georges Zbyszewski who is
noted for his work in the fields of palaeontology and geology.
Other
sauropods from the same formation as Zby include
Lourinhasaurus,
Lusotitan
and Dinheirosaurus.
Other kinds of dinosaurs include the
armoured Dracopelta,
stegosaurs
such as Stegosaurus,
Dacentrurus
and Miragaia,
as well as predatory theropods such as Torvosaurus,
Allosaurus,
Ceratosaurus
and Lourinhanosaurus.
Further reading
- Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria,
Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (3): 618. - O. V. Mateus,
P. D. Mannion & P. Upchurch - 2014.
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