Trigonosaurus

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Triginosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda (unranked) Titanosauria Family: Titanosauridae Genus: Trigonosaurus Campos et al., 2005
Species
T. pricei Campos et al., 2005 (type)

Trigonosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Brazil. The type species, Trigonosaurus pricei, was first described by Campos, Kellner, Bertini, and Santucci in 2005. It is based on two specimens, both consisting mainly of vertebrae. Before its description, it was known as the "Peirópolis titanosaur", after the place it was found.

[edit] References

• Campos, D. A., Kellner, A. W. A., Bertini, R. J. & Santucci, R. M. (2005). "On a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) vertebral column from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional 63 (3): 565-593.

[edit] External links

• Trigonosaurus on the Dinosaur Mailing List (contains full abstract of description).