Phuwiangosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Phuwiangosaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia = Nemegtosauridae
genus = "Phuwiangosaurus"
species = "P. sirindhornae"
binomial = "Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae"
binomial_authority = Martin, Buffetaut & Suteethorn 1994

"Phuwiangosaurus" (meaning "Phu Wiang lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in Thailand. The type species, "P. sirindhornae", was described by Martin, Buffetaut, and Suteethorn in 1994, it was named to honour Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand on her interested on geology and palaeontology of Thailand. It was around 90 feet long.

References

* MARTIN, V., BUFFETAUT, E. and SUTEETHORN, V. 1994. [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3548280 A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Sao Khua formation (Late Jurassic or early Cretaceous) of northeastern Thailand] . Comptes Rendus de l’ Academie des Science de Paris. 319(2): 1085-1092.
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6d6a5.htm "Phuwiangosaurus" at DinoRuss Web Site]
* MARTIN, V., BUFFETAUT, E. and SUTEETHORN, V. 1993. Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: a preliminary report. In THANASUTIPITAK, T. (ed.). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biostratigraphy of mainland Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai University. 2: 415-425.
* MARTIN, V., SUTEETHORN, V. and BUFFETAUT, E. 1999. Description of the type and referred material of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994, a sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. Oryctos 2: 39-91.