Tonganosaurus
| Tonganosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| 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
- ↑ Li, Kui; Yang, Chun-Yan; Liu, Jian and Wang, Zheng-Xin (2010). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48 (3): 185–202.
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