Azendohsaurus
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Categories: Dinosaurs

Azendohsaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Prosauropoda? Genus: Azendohsaurus
Binomial name
Azendohsaurus laaroussi

Azendohsaurus (meaning "Azendho lizard") was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Middle Triassic Period of Morocco. It is known only from a partial jaw fragment (with some teeth) and is believed to have been a prosauropod. It is a dubious taxon and is often considered to be a nomen dubium. New research suggests that it may not have been a dinosaur at all (Irmis et al., 2007).

The type specimen, A. laaroussi, was described by J. M. Dutuit in 1972.

[edit] 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.
• Azendohsaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia on Dino Russ' website

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