Portellsaurus

Portell lizard

• Portells · Place name (Valencian/Spanish) · referring to the Portell area/formation near Morella, Castellón, Spain
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Portell locality (the Portell Formation near Morella in eastern Spain, where the fossils were found) with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It is a place-based name, meaning roughly "lizard from Portell". This is based on my recollection, and I could not confirm the exact wording of the original etymology.

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Portell Formation, Morella area, Castellón, Spain

I believe this is an ankylosaurian (armoured dinosaur) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. I am not certain of the author, year or exact stage, so those fields are left blank. Please check them against the original description.