Tonganosaurus

Tongan lizard

• Tongan · Chinese (place name) · Tong'an, an old name for the Mianning area of Sichuan
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Tongan", an old name for the Mianning area in Sichuan, China where the fossils were found, with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It means "Tongan lizard". The type species is Tonganosaurus hei.

Named by

Li et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Yimen Formation, Mianning County, Sichuan, China

A large early sauropodomorph (sauropod) from China. Its exact age and its relationships within Sauropodomorpha are debated. The details of the place-name origin and the formation are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.