Asiatosaurus

Asiatosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Holotype tooth of A. mongoliensis (AMNH 6264) seen from three different angles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Genus: Asiatosaurus
Osborn, 1924
Type species
Asiatosaurus mongoliensis
Osborn, 1924
Other species
  • A. kwangshiensis Hou, Yeh & Zhao, 1975
Synonyms

Asiatosaurus (meaning "Asian lizard") is an extinct genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous in Mongolia and China.[1] The type species is known only from teeth, making it difficult to rely on information until more specimens are found to expand our knowledge, and another species is known, also based on scant remains; both are now classified as nomina dubia.

  1. ^ P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett, and P. Dodson. (2004). Sauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 259-322

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