Name:
Portellsaurus
(Portell Lizard).
Phonetic: Por-tell-sor-us.
Named By: Andr�s Santos-Cubedo, Carlos de
Santisteban, Bego�a Poza & Sergi -Meseguer - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauriformes, Hadrosauroidea.
Species: P. sosbaynati
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Spain - Margas de Mirambell
Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial right dentary.
Portellsaurus
is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Western Europe during
the Early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new styracosternan hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)
from the Early Cretaceous of Portell, Spain. - PLOS ONE. 16
(7). - Andr�s Santos-Cubedo, Carlos de Santisteban, Bego�a
Poza & Sergi -Meseguer - 2021.
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