Tangvayosaurus
Field photograph to come
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
110 million years ago
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