Tazoudasaurus

Tazoudasaurus
Temporal range: Toarcian
~ Uncertain allocation of the layers[1]
Representative vertebrae of Tazoudasaurus naimi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Gravisauria
Family: Vulcanodontidae
Genus: Tazoudasaurus
Species:
T. naimi
Binomial name
Tazoudasaurus naimi
Allain et al., 2004

Tazoudasaurus is a genus of gravisaurian, probably a vulcanodontid sauropod dinosaurs hailing from the late Early Jurassic (Toarcian), that was recovered in the "Toundoute Continental Series" (Azilal Formation) located in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco in North Africa. Along with Patagosaurus, Volkheimeria, Bagualia and Perijasaurus (as well maybe Barapasaurus and Kotasaurus) represents one of the few sauropods named from this stage on Gondwana, as well as the only one from Africa.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allain2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pol, D.; Gomez, K.; Holwerda, F.H.; Rauhut, O.W.M.; Carballido, J.L. (2022). "Sauropods from the Early Jurassic of South America and the Radiation of Eusauropoda". In Otero, A.; Carballido, J.L.; Pol, D. (eds.). South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Record, Diversity and Evolution. Springer. pp. 131–163. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3. ISBN 978-3-030-95958-6. ISSN 2197-9596. S2CID 248368302.
  3. ^ Rincón, Aldo F.; Raad Pájaro, Daniel A.; Jiménez Velandia, Harold F.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A. (2022). "A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (1): e2077112. Bibcode:2022JVPal..42E7112R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2077112. S2CID 251501541.

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