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Tienshanosaurus
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Sauropsida

Superorder:

Dinosauria

Order:

Saurischia

Suborder:

Sauropodomorpha

Infraorder:

Sauropoda

Genus:

Tienshanosaurus
Yang, 1937

Species:

  • T. chitaiensis Yang, 1937 (type)

Tienshanosaurus (meaning "Tienshan lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now China. The type species, Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis, was formally described by Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) for a partial skeleton in 1937.

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