Tastavinsaurus
Tastavinsaurus Temporal range: Early Barremian
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Left hindlimb of the referred specimen CT-19 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Camarasauromorpha |
Branch: | †Laurasiformes |
Genus: | †Tastavinsaurus Canudo et al., 2008 |
Species: | †T. sanzi
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Binomial name | |
†Tastavinsaurus sanzi Canudo et al., 2008
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Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Xert Formation of Spain. The type species is Tastavinsaurus sanzi, named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist José Luis Sanz.[1]
References[]
- ^ Canudo, José I.; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2008). "A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 712–731. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[712:ANSTSG]2.0.CO;2.
Categories:
- Macronarians
- Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Europe
- Barremian life
- Cretaceous Spain
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
- Sauropodomorph stubs