Dinheirosaurus

Porto Dinheiro lizard

• Dinheiro · Portuguese (place name) · Porto Dinheiro, the locality in Portugal where the fossils were found (dinheiro literally means 'money')
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Porto Dinheiro, the coastal locality near Lourinhã in Portugal where the fossils were found, with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). So it means "Porto Dinheiro lizard". Although "dinheiro" is Portuguese for "money", it refers here to the place name and not to money.

Named by

Bonaparte and Mateus

Year named

1999

Period

Late Jurassic

Stages

Kimmeridgian – Tithonian

Found in

Lourinhã Formation, near Lourinhã, Portugal

A diplodocid sauropod. The type species is Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis. It is generally treated as a valid genus. Some studies have found it to be very close to Supersaurus, so its exact status and relationships are debated.