| Lirainosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Lirainosaurus Sanz et al., 1999 |
| Species: | †L. astibiae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lirainosaurus astibiae Sanz et al., 1999
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Lirainosaurus (meaning "slender lizard"; from the Basque lirain, meaning "slender", and the Greek sauros, meaning "lizard"[1]) is a genus of titanosaur sauropod which lived in what is now Spain. The type species, Lirainosaurus astibiae, was described by Sanz, Powell, Le Loeuff, Martinez, and Pereda-Suberbiola in 1999.[2] It was a relatively small sauropod, measuring 4 metres (13 ft) long, possibly up to 6 metres (20 ft) long for the largest individuals, and weighed about 2–4 metric tons (2.2–4.4 short tons).[3]
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- ^ J. L. Sanz, J. E. Powell, J. Le Loeuff, R. Martinez, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola (1999). "Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Laño (north central Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships." Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava 14(1):235-255
- ^ Verónica Díez Díaz; Xabier Pereda Suberbiola; José Luis Sanz (2013). "Appendicular skeleton and dermal armour of the Late Cretaceous titanosaur Lirainosaurus astibiae (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Spain". Palaeontologia Electronica. 16 (2). 19A. doi:10.26879/350.