Kingdom Animalia Clade Dinosauria Family †Mamenchisauridae Phylum Chordata Order Saurischia | Class Reptilia Suborder †Sauropodomorpha Species †T. hei Rank Genus | |
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Similar Yuanmousaurus, Eomamenchisaurus, Helioceratops, Xuanhuaceratops, Bienosaurus | ||
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 (Hettangian - 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.
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