Portellsaurus

Portellsaurus
Temporal range: Barremian, 130–129 Ma
Holotype dentary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Hadrosauriformes
Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea
Genus: Portellsaurus
Santos-Cubedo et al., 2021
Species:
P. sosbaynati
Binomial name
Portellsaurus sosbaynati
Santos-Cubedo et al., 2021

Portellsaurus (meaning "Portell Lizard") is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Margas de Mirambell Formation of Spain. The genus contains a single species, Portellsaurus sosbaynati, known from a partial right dentary.[1]

  1. ^ Santos-Cubedo, Andrés; de Santisteban, Carlos; Poza, Begoña; Meseguer, Sergi (2021-07-07). "A new styracosternan hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Portell, Spain". PLOS ONE. 16 (7): e0253599. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1653599S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253599. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8262792. PMID 34232957.