Tonganosaurus

Eumetazoa

Tonganosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Genus: Tonganosaurus
Li et al., 2010
Species: T. hei
Binomial name
Tonganosaurus hei
Li et al., 2010

Tonganosaurus (named for the town of Tong'an from where it was found) is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur, similar to Omeisaurus. It is known from one specimen consisting of twenty vertebrae, a front limb and pectoral girdle, and a complete hind limb with partial hip. It lived during the early Jurassic period (Yimen Formation) in what is now China. It was first named by Li Kui, Yang Chun-Yan, Liu Jian and Wang Zheng-Xin in 2010 and the type species is Tonganosaurus hei.[1]

References

  1. ^ Li, Kui; Yang, Chun-Yan; Liu, Jian and Wang, Zheng-Xin (2010). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48 (3): 185–202. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201009/P020100925377793406491.pdf.