Trigonosaurus
Trigonosaurus Temporal range: Maastrichtian,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
Family: | †Saltasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Saltasaurinae |
Genus: | †Trigonosaurus Campos et al. 2005[1] |
Species: | †T. pricei
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Binomial name | |
†Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al. 2005[1]
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Trigonosaurus (meaning "triangle lizard" after Triangulo Mineiro, where it was found[1]), is a genus of saltasaurid dinosaurs from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation of Brazil. The type species, Trigonosaurus pricei, was first described by Campos, Kellner, Bertini, and Santucci in 2005. It is based on two specimens, both consisting mainly of vertebrae. Before its description, it was known as the "Peirópolis titanosaur", after the place it was found.[1]
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Categories:
- Saltasaurids
- Maastrichtian life
- Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Marília Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 2005
- Taxa named by Alexander Kellner
- Sauropodomorph stubs