Tastavinsaurus
| Tastavinsaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Camarasauromorpha |
| Branch: | †Laurasiformes |
| Genus: | †Tastavinsaurus Canudo et al., 2008 |
| Species: | † T. sanzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tastavinsaurus sanzi Canudo et al., 2008 | |
Restoration
Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. The type species is Tastavinsaurus sanzi, named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist Jose Luis Sanz.[1]
References
- ↑ Canudo, José I.; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2008). "A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3): 712–731. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[712:ANSTSG]2.0.CO;2.
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