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Rebbachisauridae

Demandasaurus

"Demanda lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Demandasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Demandasaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Demandasaurus (meaning “Demanda lizard”) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from early Cretaceous (late Barremian — early Aptian stage) deposits of Spain. Demandasaurus is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains. It was collected from the Castrillo de la Reina Formation in Burgos Province. It was first named by Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Diego Montero, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Leonardo Salgado in 2011, and the type species is Demandasaurus darwini.

What we know

  • Named by Fernández-Baldor et al., 2011.
  • Fossils found in Spain.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Demandasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.