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TONGANOSAURUS
(tong-an-sor-us)
meaning: "Tong'an lizard"
Named By: K. Li, C.inY. Yang, J. Liu & Z.inX. Wang in 2010
Time Period: Early Jurassic
Location: China, Sichuan - Yimen Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial limbs and twenty vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Mamenchisauridae |
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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 (Hettangian - Toarcian, 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.

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