Tangvayosaurus
Tangvayosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Laos during the Early Cretaceous. It was a sauropod, a group of dinosaurs known for their very long necks and tails. This dinosaur is known from the bones of two or three individuals found together.1
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Datos curiosos
Tangvayosaurus was about 15 metres (49 feet) long, as long as a big bus.1
Its fossils were found in the Grès supérieurs Formation, which is made of sandstone and mudstone from an ancient river or lake.1
The first bones of Tangvayosaurus were discovered in 1999 by a team of scientists led by Ronan Allain.1
The species name, Tangvayosaurus hoffeti, honors French paleontologist Joshua Hoffet, who had earlier found similar bones in the same area.1
Tangvayosaurus is closely related to another sauropod from Thailand called Phuwiangosaurus.1
Scientists are not sure exactly where Tangvayosaurus fits in the sauropod family tree. Some think it was a titanosaur, while others place it in a group called Euhelopodidae.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Tangvayosaurus
?How big was Tangvayosaurus?
Tangvayosaurus was about 15 metres (49 feet) long, as long as a big bus.1
?What did Tangvayosaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater, eating leaves and other plants.1
?When did Tangvayosaurus live?
It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 120 to 100 million years ago.1
?Where was Tangvayosaurus found?
Its fossils were found in the Grès supérieurs Formation of Savannakhet Province, Laos.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Tangvayosaurus
- Bautizado por
- Allain et al. 19993
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Euhelopodidae3
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
- Idade das rochas
- de 121 a 100 millóns de anos (Aptian / Albian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Grès supérieurs3
- Países
- Laos3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 2 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Tangvayosaurus was named in 1999 by a team of a dozen scientists led by Ronan Allain. The fossils were found at Tang Vay in Savannakhet Province, Laos.1
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists still debate whether Tangvayosaurus was a titanosaur or a more primitive sauropod, and whether another species called 'Titanosaurus' falloti should be included in the same genus.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Tangvayosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Tangvayosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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