Protognathosaurus

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Protognathosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Euhelopodidae
Genus: Protognathosaurus
Species: P. oxyodon
Binomial name
Protognathosaurus oxyodon
Olshevsky, 1991

Protognathosaurus (meaning "early jaw lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod found in what is present-day China. The type species, P. oxyodon, was originally described by Zhang 1988 (as Protognathus), and was redescribed by George Olshevsky in 1991. Protognathosaurus is known only from a fragmentary jaw.

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