Turiasaurus

Turia lizard

• Turia · Latin · Latin name of the Turia River / Teruel region (Turia is the Latin name for Teruel, Spain)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Turiasaurus means "Turia lizard". It honours Turia, the Latin name for Teruel, the Spanish province where the fossils were found. The species name T. riodevensis refers to the nearby town of Riodeva. It was a very large sauropod and is among the largest dinosaurs known from Europe.

Named by

Royo-Torres, Cobos and Alcalá

Year named

2006

Period

Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous

Stage

Tithonian

Found in

Villar del Arzobispo Formation, Riodeva, Teruel, Spain

Type species is Turiasaurus riodevensis. It is a sauropod and gives its name to the clade Turiasauria. The Villar del Arzobispo Formation spans the latest Jurassic, and the exact age of the Turiasaurus material is Tithonian. The period field is therefore uncertain.