Outline: a typical sauropod
Phuwiangosaurus
"Phu Wiang lizard"
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- Thailand
- Named by
- Martin et al. 1994
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
125 million years ago
Field notes
About Phuwiangosaurus
What it was like
Phuwiangosaurus was a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, a relative of Euhelopus from China. It had a long neck with wide, flat backbones.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand. Its bones come from the Sao Khua Formation, where it shared the land with the hunters Siamotyrannus and Phuwiangvenator and the ostrich-like Kinnareemimus.
How it was found
Martin and colleagues named Phuwiangosaurus in 1994, honoring a princess of Thailand in its species name. With 12 finds, including young and adult animals, it is the best known dinosaur from Thailand.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: V. Martin, E. Buffetaut, and V. Suteethorn. 1994. A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Sao Khua Formation (Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous) of northeastern Thailand. Compte Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, série IIa 319:1085-1092