Tornieria

Tornieria
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Caudal vertebra of T. africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Superfamily: Diplodocoidea
Family: Diplodocidae
Subfamily: Diplodocinae
Genus: Tornieria
Sternfeld, 1911
Species:
T. africana
Binomial name
Tornieria africana
Fraas, 1908
Synonyms[1]

Genus synonymy

  • Gigantosaurus Fraas, 1908
(preoccupied)

Species synonymy

  • Gigantosaurus africanus Fraas, 1908

Tornieria ("for Tornier") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania. It has a convoluted taxonomic history.

  1. ^ "Tornieria". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 August 2022.