Azendohsaurus

Azendohsaurus

Taxobox
name = "Azendohsaurus"
fossil_range = Middle Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Prosauropoda?
genus = "Azendohsaurus"
binomial = "Azendohsaurus laaroussi"
binomial_authority =

"Azendohsaurus" (meaning "Azendho lizard") was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Middle Triassic Period of Morocco. It is known only from a partial jaw fragment (with some teeth) and is believed to have been a prosauropod. It is a dubious taxon and is often considered to be a "nomen dubium".

Research published in 2007 suggests that "Azendohsaurus" may have been misidentified and was not a dinosaur at all (Irmis "et al.", 2007).

The type specimen, "A. laaroussi", was described by J. M. Dutuit in 1972.

References

* Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2007). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. "Historical Biology" 19(1):3-22.
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6b58e.htm "Azendohsaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] on Dino Russ' website


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