Azendohsaurus
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| Azendohsaurus Fossil range: Middle Triassic |
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| Azendohsaurus laaroussi |
Azendohsaurus (meaning "Azendho lizard") was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Middle Triassic Period of Morocco. It is known only from a partial jaw fragment (with some teeth) and is believed to have been a prosauropod. It is a dubious taxon and is often considered to be a nomen dubium.
Research published in 2007 suggests that Azendohsaurus may have been misidentified and was not a dinosaur at all (Irmis et al., 2007).
The type specimen, A. laaroussi, was described by J. M. Dutuit in 1972.
[edit] References
- Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2007). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. Historical Biology 19(1):3-22.
- Azendohsaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia on Dino Russ' website
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