- Azendohsaurus
Taxobox
name = "Azendohsaurus"
fossil_range = MiddleTriassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Prosauropoda ?
genus = "Azendohsaurus"
binomial = "Azendohsaurus laaroussi"
binomial_authority ="Azendohsaurus" (meaning "Azendho lizard") was a
genus of herbivorousdinosaur from the MiddleTriassic Period ofMorocco . It is known only from a partial jaw fragment (with some teeth) and is believed to have been aprosauropod . It is a dubioustaxon 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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