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Protognathosaurus
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification

Class:

Sauropsida

Superorder:

Dinosauria

Order:

Saurischia

Suborder:

Sauropodomorpha

Infraorder:

Sauropoda

Family:

Euhelopodidae

Genus:

Protognathosaurus
Olshevsky, 1991

Species:

  • P. oxyodon
    (Zhang, 1988 [originally Protognathus oxyodon]) (type)

Protognathosaurus (meaning "early jaw lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod found in what is present-day China. The type species, P. oxyodon, was originally described by Zhang (1988) (as Protognathus, which was already in use), and was renamed by George Olshevsky in 1991. Protognathosaurus is known only from a fragmentary jaw.

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Plateosaurus skull
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