Tonganosaurus by cisiopurple
Tonganosaurus (named after the town of tong'an) is an extinct genus of sauropod that lived in Pliensbachian period of Early Jurassic. The type species is Tonganosaurus hei.
Description[]
The tibia is straight and thick, and the holotype (MCDUT 14454) has an incomplete skeleton. The skeleton is 11.6 meters (38ft) long. The fossils include about 20 vertebrae, a right shoulder blade and right forelimb, a left humerus,etc.
Discovery[]
In 2007, Chengdu university found Tonganosaurus in the middle-lower part of Yimen formation. The fossils were collected and kept at a museum. In 2010, Li described it as Tonganosaurus.
Environment[]
It lived at shallow lake and flooded environments.