Janenschia
| Janenschia Temporal range: 155–145Ma | |
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| Janenschia humerus, radius and ulna at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Sauropoda |
| (unranked): | uncertain |
| Genus: | Janenschia |
| Binomial name | |
| Janenschia robusta Wild, 1991 | |
Janenschia (named after Werner Janensch) was a large sauropod from Late Jurassic Africa (155 million years ago). Originally thought to be a species of the diplodocid Tornieria/Barosaurus (previously "Gigantosaurus"), it was later considered to be a distantly related titanosauriform. So far, it is only known from Tanzania. This dinosaur was a herbivore.
Alternate view
The type species, Janenschia robusta, was first described by German palaeontologist Rupert Wild in 1991.
References
- R. Wild. 1991. Janenschia n. g. robusta (E. Fraas 1908) pro Tornieria robusta (E. Fraas 1908) (Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha) [Janenschia n. g. robusta (E. Fraas 1908) for Tornieria robusta (E. Fraas 1908) (Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 173:1-4
- E. Fraas, 1908, "Dinosaurierfunde in Ostafrika", Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 64: 84-86