Tienshanosaurus

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Tienshanosaurus Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: unknown Genus: Tienshanosaurus Yang, 1937
Species
T. chitaiensis Yang, 1937 (type)

Tienshanosaurus (meaning "Tienshan lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now China. The type species, Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis, was formally described by Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) for a partial skeleton in 1937.

[edit] References

• Tienshanosaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair