Lusitanosaurus

Lusitanosaurus; Temporal range: Late Sinemurian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Genus:	†Lusitanosaurus
Species:	†L. liasicus
Binomial name
	†Lusitanosaurus liasicus; Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957

Lusitanosaurus (meaning "Portuguese lizard") is a genus of reptile from the Sinemurian stage of Early Jurassic of Portugal. It is the second example of the group from the Lower Jurassic of Europe and it is the oldest known dinosaur from the Iberian Peninsula. It is based on a large left maxilla with teeth^[1] that was lost in the fire at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, in 1978.^[2]

^ Ulansky, R. E. (2014). Dinosaur classification. Basal Thyreophora & Stegosauria.
^ Costa F, Mateus O (2019) Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): A new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0224263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224263

[1] Ulansky, R. E. (2014). Dinosaur classification. Basal Thyreophora & Stegosauria.

[2] Costa F, Mateus O (2019) Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): A new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0224263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224263

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