Asiatosaurus

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iAsiatosaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda

Asiatosaurus ("Asian lizard") was a herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived during the early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in China and Mongolia. It is known only from teeth, making it difficult to rely on information until more specimens are found to expand our knowledge.

[edit] Classification

The type species, A. mongolensis, was described by Osborn, in 1924. A. kwangshiensis was described by Hou, Yeh and Zhao, in 1975. Both are now classified as nomina dubia.

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