Phuwiangosaurus Phuwiangosaurus
"Phu Wiang lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Phuwiangosaurus 20 m (66 ft) long
12 people holding hands
- Length
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (133.6–132.1 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Thailand
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Euhelopodidae
Phuwiangosaurus (meaning “Phu Wiang lizard”) is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. The type species, P. sirindhornae, was described by Martin, Buffetaut, and Suteethorn in a 1993 press release and was formally named in 1994. The species was named to honor Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, who was interested in the geology and palaeontology of Thailand, while the genus was named after the Phu Wiang area, where the fossil was discovered. The precise affinities of Phuwiangosaurus among titanosauriform sauropods are uncertain, though several studies have classified it as a euhelopodid.
What we know
- Named by Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994.
- Body length estimated at about 20 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and Thailand.