Tastavinsaurus

Taxobox
name = "Tastavinsaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauriformes
genus = "Tastavinsaurus"
genus_authority = Canudo "et al"., 2008
subdivision_ranks=Species
subvidision=
*"T. sanzi" Canudo "et al.", 2008 (type)

"Tastavinsaurus" is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. The type species is "Tastavinsaurus sanzi", named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist Jose Luis Sanz.cite journal |last=Canudo |first=José I. |coauthors=Royo-Torres, Rafael; and Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria |year=2008 |title=A new sauropod: "Tastavinsaurus sanzi" gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=712-731]

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