Portellsaurus

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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