[D] Asiatosaurus mongoliensis [T]
Describer
Osborn, 1924
Time
Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian Aptian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Oshih-Ondai Sair Basin, Khukhtekskaya Svita,Ovorknahgai, Mongolia; Tugulu Group of the Junggar Basin, Lianmugin Formation, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China
Fall Under
Asiatosaurus
Info
Typespecies
Asiatosaurus (Hou, Yeh & Zhao, 1975) > Asiatosaurus mongoliensis (Osborn, 1924) > Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis (Hou, Yeh & Zhao, 1975)
Based on two isolated teeth.
The holotype AMNH 6264, collected by Granger 3rd As. Exped. in 1922 at the Red Mesa MNG locality of the Oshih-Ondai Sair Basin and a paratype AMNH 6294 also collected by Granger at the Red Mesa E end MNG locality of the Oshih-Ondai Sair Basin