Tangvayosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0453Grès supérieurs Fm., Laos

Tangvayosaurus

DV-0453

Lived
121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
Found in
Laos
Named by
Allain et al. 1999

Field notes

About Tangvayosaurus

Tangvayosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Tangvayosaurus, from Laos. Its fossils come from the Grès supérieurs Formation. It was named by Allain et al. in 1999.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Euhelopodidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Allain, P. Taquet, and B. Battail, J. Dejax, P. Richir, M. Véran, F. Limon-Duparcmeur, R. Vacant, O. Mateus, P. Sayarath, B. Khenthavong, S. Phouyavong. 1999. Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos [A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Grès supérieurs Formation (Aptian-Albian) of Laos]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329:609-616