Asiatosaurus
Name:
Asiatosaurus
(Asia lizard).
Phonetic: A-see-ah-sor-us.
Named By: Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1924.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda.
Species: A. mongolensis
(type), A. kwangshiensis.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: China - Napai Formation, and
Mongolia - Öösh Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Teeth.
Although two species have been named for this genus of sauropod dinosaur, they have both been established upon the description of teeth. For this reason Asiatosaurus is usually treated as a highly dubious genus of sauropod.
Further reading
- Sauropoda and Theropoda from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia.
American Museum Novitates 128:1-7. - Henry Fairfield Osborn -
1924.
- Fossil reptiles from Fusui, Kwangshi. - Vertebrata
PalAsiatica 13(1):24-33. - L.-H. Hou, H.-K. Yeh, and
X.-J. Zhao - 1975.
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