Demandasaurus: Dinosaur of the Day

Rebbachisaurid sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Burgos, Spain (Castrillo de la Reina Formation)

Rebbachisaurids are part of the family Diplodocidae but considered to be more basal than Diplodocus

Looks like other sauropods, with a large body, columnar legs, long tail, and long, thick neck

Had simple neural spines

Medium-sized

Estimated to be 33 to 39 ft (10 to 12 m) long

Herbivorous

Had pencil-type, elongated, slender teeth that were mostly straight with a slight curve

Named by Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor and others in 2011

Type and only species is Demandasaurus darwini

Genus name means "Demanda lizard"

Genus name refers to the Sierra de la Demanda, the mountain chain where the type specimen was found

Species name is in honor of Charles Darwin

Found an incomplete but associate skeleton (cranial and post-cranial fossils)

Fossils found in the "Tenadas de los Vallejos II" quarry, near the town of Salas de los Infantes…

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