Tangvayosaurus
Tangvayosaurus (meaning "Tang Vay lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Grès Supérior Formation of Savannakhet, Laos. It was a basal titanosaur, about 15 m long, and is known from the remains of two or three individuals.
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| Tailbones of Tangvayosaurus, Dinosaur Museum, Savannakhet, Laos | |
Scientific classification 
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Material
It is based on TV4-1 to TV4-36, consisting of a partial pelvis, several back vertebrae and a tail vertebra, ribs, and an upper arm bone (humerus).[2][3]
Femur
Model
Tangvayosaurus Media
Femur Tangvayosaurus hoffeti
References
- ↑ Allain, R.. The first definitive Asian spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early cretaceous of Laos. Naturwissenschaften 99 (5) (2012). p. 369–377. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0911-7.
- ↑ Allain, R.. Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos (in French). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329 (8) (1999). p. 609–616. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)87218-3.
- ↑ Upchurch, Paul M.. The Dinosauria (2004). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 259–322. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.