Algoasaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Algoasaurus (/ælˌɡoʊ.əˈsɔːrəs/; "Algoa Bay reptile") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Berriasian-early Valanginian-age Early Cretaceous Upper Kirkwood Formation of Cape Province, South Africa, specifically near a town called Despatch. Only one species, A. bauri, is known.[1][2]
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Algoasaurus | |
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Femur, vertebra and scapula (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Neosauropoda |
Genus: | †Algoasaurus Broom, 1904 |
Species: | †A. bauri |
Binomial name | |
†Algoasaurus bauri Broom, 1904 | |
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