Tonganosaurus

Tonganosaurus; Temporal range: Early JurassicPliensbachian–Toarcian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Family:	†Mamenchisauridae
Genus:	†Tonganosaurus; Li et al., 2010
Species:	†T. hei
Binomial name
	Tonganosaurus hei; Li et al., 2010

Tonganosaurus (named for the town of Tong'an from where it was found) is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur, similar to Omeisaurus. It is known from one specimen consisting of twenty vertebrae, a front limb and pectoral girdle, and a complete hind limb with partial hip. It lived during the early Jurassic period (Pliensbachian - Toarcian, Yimen Formation) in what is now China. It was first named by Li Kui, Yang Chun-Yan, Liu Jian and Wang Zheng-Xin in 2010 and the type species is Tonganosaurus hei.^[1]

References

↑ Li, Kui; Yang, Chun-Yan; Liu, Jian and Wang, Zheng-Xin (2010). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 48 (3): 185–202.

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[descriptiontonganosaurus-1] Li, Kui; Yang, Chun-Yan; Liu, Jian and Wang, Zheng-Xin (2010). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 48 (3): 185–202.