Phuwiangosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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Femur | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
Infraorder: | Sauropoda |
(unranked): | Titanosauria |
Family: | Nemegtosauridae |
Genus: | Phuwiangosaurus |
Species: | P. sirindhornae |
Binomial name | |
Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994 |
Phuwiangosaurus (meaning "Phu Wiang lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in Thailand. The type species, P. sirindhornae, was described by Martin, Buffetaut, and Suteethorn in 1994; it was named to honour Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who was interested in the geology and palaeontology of Thailand.
It was a mid-sized sauropod, measuring 15-20 m in length.