Tonganosaurus
Field photograph to come
Tonganosaurus
DV-0758
- Lived
- 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Li et al. 2010
Field notes
About Tonganosaurus
Tonganosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tonganosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yimen Formation. It was named by Li et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Li, C.-Y. Yang, and J. Liu, Z.-X. Wang. 2010. [A new sauropod from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):185-202