Lourinhasaurus

Lourinhasaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic 153–150 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Family: Camarasauridae
Genus: Lourinhasaurus
Dantas et al., 1998
Species:
L. alenquerensis
Binomial name
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
(Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Apatosaurus alenquerensis Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957
  • Atlantosaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) Steel, 1970
  • Brontosaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) Olshevsky, 1978
  • Camarasaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) McIntosh, 1990

Lourinhasaurus (meaning "Lourinhã lizard") is an extinct genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur genus dating from Late Jurassic strata of Estremadura, Portugal.