Tangvayosaurus

Tangvayosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~120–100 Ma [1]
Holotype of Tangvayosaurus, Dinosaur Museum, Savannakhet, Laos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti
Allain et al., 1999
Synonyms

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.

  1. ^ Allain, R.; Xaisanavong, T.; Richir, P.; Khentavong, B. (2012). "The first definitive Asian spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early cretaceous of Laos". Naturwissenschaften. 99 (5): 369–377. Bibcode:2012NW.....99..369A. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0911-7. PMID 22528021. S2CID 253637311.