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Tuojiangosaurus
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Tuojiangosaurus ('Tuo River lizard') is a dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China. It is a stegosaur. Physically similar to the North American Stegosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus is the best understood of the Chinese stegosaurs. It was around 7.0 m (23 ft) long and 2 m (7 ft) high, with a postulated weight of around 2.7 tonnes (6000 lbs).
Discovery and species
The only species, T. multispinus, was named in 1977 (exactly a hundred years after Stegosaurus) on the strength of two specimens, one over half complete. Like its compatriot Kentrosaurus, it had spikes above the hips and it had two rows of 15 pointed plates along the spine. It also had two outward-pointing spikes on each side of the end of the tail, angled approximately at 45 degrees to the vertical. In stegosaurs, this spike arrangement has become affectionately known as the "Thagomizer".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Genus: Tuojiangosaurus
Info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pic from © Dinosauricon
Tuojiangosaurus ('Tuo River lizard') is a dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China. It is a stegosaur. Physically similar to the North American Stegosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus is the best understood of the Chinese stegosaurs. It was around 7.0 m (23 ft) long and 2 m (7 ft) high, with a postulated weight of around 2.7 tonnes (6000 lbs).
Discovery and species
The only species, T. multispinus, was named in 1977 (exactly a hundred years after Stegosaurus) on the strength of two specimens, one over half complete. Like its compatriot Kentrosaurus, it had spikes above the hips and it had two rows of 15 pointed plates along the spine. It also had two outward-pointing spikes on each side of the end of the tail, angled approximately at 45 degrees to the vertical. In stegosaurs, this spike arrangement has become affectionately known as the "Thagomizer".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Genus: Tuojiangosaurus
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