Tuojiangosaurus
too-oh-jee-ANG-oh-SORE-us /tuːˌoʊdʒiˌæŋoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Tuo River lizard
- Tuojiang · Chinese · Tuo River (Tuo Jiang), in Sichuan province
- saurus · Greek · lizard
The name means "Tuo River lizard". It refers to the Tuo River (Tuojiang) in Sichuan, China, near where the first fossils were found, combined with the Greek "sauros" for lizard. It is a stegosaurian dinosaur with paired plates and tail spikes.
- Named by
- Dong, Li, Zhou and Zhang
- Year named
- 1977
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Found in
- Upper Shaximiao Formation, Sichuan, China
Type species is Tuojiangosaurus multispinus. It is a stegosaurid, among the best-known Chinese stegosaurs.