Taveirosaurus

Tay-vay-roh-sor-us.
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Paleoecologist

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Name

Taveirosaurus ‭(‬Taveiro lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Tay-vay-roh-sor-us.

Named By

M.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Antunes‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬Sigogneau-Russell‭ ‬-‭ ‬1991.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

T.‭ ‬costai‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of remains.

Known locations

Portugal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Argilas de Aveiro Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Teeth.

In Depth

       Taveirosaurus is a tooth taxon of ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Portugal during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬A tooth taxon is an animal that has only been described by teeth,‭ ‬and in the case of Taveirosaurus there have been many attempts to define what type of ornithiscian dinosaur that it was,‭ ‬almost always with differing results.‭ ‬Most palaeontologists prefer to class Taveirosaurus as a‭ ‬Nomen‭ ‬Dubium,‭ ‬as the teeth are just far too generic to confidently attribute any further remains to the genus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Nouvelles donn�es sur les dinosaures du Cr�tac� sup�rieur du Portugal‭ [‬New data on the dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Portugal‭]‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus de l’Acad�mie des Sciences � Paris,‭ ‬S�rie II‭ ‬313:113-119.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Antunes‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬Sigogneau-Russell‭ ‬-‭ ‬1991.

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