Europasaurus

Europasaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 154–151 Ma
Restored mount of the holotype specimen
Reconstructed skeleton, Aathal Dinosaur Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Camarasauromorpha
Genus: Europasaurus
Mateus et al. in Sander et al., 2006[1]
Species:
E. holgeri
Binomial name
Europasaurus holgeri
Mateus et al. in Sander et al., 2006[1]

Europasaurus (meaning 'Europe lizard') is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic (middle Kimmeridgian, from about 154 to 151 million years ago) of northern Germany, and has been identified as an example of insular dwarfism resulting from the isolation of a sauropod population on an island within the Lower Saxony basin.

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