Tangvayosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tangvayosaurus (meaning "Tang Vay lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Gres superieurs Formation of Savannakhet Province, Laos. It was a basal somphospondylan, about 15 m long, and is known from the remains of two or three individuals.
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Holotype of Tangvayosaurus, Dinosaur Museum, Savannakhet, Laos | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Family: | †Euhelopodidae |
Genus: | †Tangvayosaurus Allain et al., 1999 |
Species: | †T. hoffeti |
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†Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Allain et al., 1999 | |
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