Phuwiangosaurus
Phuwiangosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Femur | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
Infraorder: | Sauropoda |
(unranked): | Titanosauria |
Family: | Nemegtosauridae |
Genus: | Phuwiangosaurus |
Species: | P. sirindhornae |
Binomial name | |
Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994 | |
Phuwiangosaurus (meaning "Phu Wiang lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in Thailand. The type species, P. sirindhornae, was described by Martin, Buffetaut, and Suteethorn in 1994; it was named to honour Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who was interested in the geology and palaeontology of Thailand.
It was a mid-sized sauropod, measuring 15-20 m in length.
References
- Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (1994). "A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Sao Khua formation (Late Jurassic or early Cretaceous) of northeastern Thailand". Comptes Rendus de lā Academie des Science de Paris (319(2)): pp. 1085ā1092.
- Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (1993). "Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: a preliminary report". In T. Thanasutipital. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biostratigraphy of mainland Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai University. pp. 415ā425.
- Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (1999). "Description of the type and referred material of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994, a sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand". Oryctos. 2: pp. 39ā91.
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