Zby
| Zby Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Turiasauria |
| Genus: | †Zby Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Zby atlanticus Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch, 2014
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Zby is an
sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian stage) of the Lourinhã Formation, central west Portugal. It contains a single species, Zby atlanticus.[1] It is named after Georges Zbyszewski
], who studied the geology and paleontology of Portugal.
Description
Zby was first described and named by
eusauropod, confirming its position as a turiasaurian.[1]
Zby is estimated to measure around 16 to 18 metres in length(52 feet).
References
- ^ S2CID 59387149.
- ^ Mateus, O. (23 January 2020). "The sauropod dinosaur Turiasaurus riodevensis in the Late Jurassic of Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29: 144A. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.