Tastavinsaurus
Tastavinsaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Neosauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Camarasauromorpha |
Branch: | †Laurasiformes |
Genus: | †Tastavinsaurus Canudo et al., 2008 |
Species: | †T. sanzi |
Binomial name | |
Tastavinsaurus sanzi Canudo et al., 2008 | |
Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. The type species is Tastavinsaurus sanzi, named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist Jose Luis Sanz.[1]
References
- ↑ Canudo, José I.; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2008). "A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 712–731. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[712:ANSTSG]2.0.CO;2.
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