Tangvayosaurus

Tangvayosaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Somphospondyli

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Cladus: †Sauropodomorpha Cladus: †Bagualosauria Cladus: †Plateosauria Cladus: †Massopoda Cladus: †Sauropodiformes Cladus: †Anchisauria Cladus: †Sauropoda Cladus: †Gravisauria Cladus: †Eusauropoda Cladus: †Neosauropoda Cladus: †Macronaria Cladus: †Camarasauromorpha Cladus: †Titanosauriformes Cladus: †Somphospondyli

Familia: †Euhelopodidae
Genus: †Tangvayosaurus
Species: †T. hoffeti

Name

Tangvayosaurus Allain, Taquet, Battail, Dejax, Richir, Véran, Limon-Duparcmeur, Vacant, Mateus, Sayarath, Khenthavong & Phouyavong, 1999

Type species: Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Allain, Taquet, Battail, Dejax, Richir, Véran, Limon-Duparcmeur, Vacant, Mateus, Sayarath, Khenthavong & Phouyavong, 1999

Etymology: from Tang Vay, the place where the holotype was found + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). [Allain et al., 1999: page 610]

References

Primary references

• Allain, R., Taquet, P., Battail, B., Dejax, J., Richir, P., Véran, M., Limon-Duparcmeur, F., Vacant, R., Mateus, O., Sayarath, P., Khenthavong, B. & Phouyavong, S. 1999. Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329: 609–616. DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)87218-3 Academia.edu Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mannion, P.D., Upchurch, P., Jin, X. & Zheng, W. 2019. New information on the Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs of Zhejiang Province, China: impact on Laurasian titanosauriform phylogeny and biogeography. Royal Society Open Science 6(8): 1–22. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191057 Reference page. 

Links

• Tangvayosaurus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Tangvayosaurus ("Tang vay lizard")

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