Genus
Valid Extinct

Tuojiangosaurus

Dong et al. 1977
Etymology reptile de la rivière Tuo

Tuojiangosaurus is a genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tuojiangosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Tuojiangosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shaximiao
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tuojiangosaurus multispinus 168 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Dong, X. Li, and S. Zhou, Y. Zhang. 1977. On the stegosaurian remains from Zigong (Tzekung), Szechuan province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(4):307-312
Bibliography (1)
Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136