Clasmodosaurus

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iClasmodosaurus
Fossil range: Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Genus: Clasmodosaurus

Clasmodosaurus was a genus of dinosaur, probably a sauropod. It lived during the Cretaceous. It lived in what is now Argentina. It is known only from fossilized teeth, and is therefore a tooth taxon.

The type species, Clasmodosaurus spatula, was first described by Ameghino in 1898.

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