Phuwiangosaurus

Phuwiangosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Femur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Sauropoda
(unranked):	Titanosauria
Family:	Nemegtosauridae
Genus:	Phuwiangosaurus
Species:	P. sirindhornae
Binomial name
Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994

Phuwiangosaurus (meaning "Phu Wiang lizard") is 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, who was interested in the geology and palaeontology of Thailand.

It was a mid-sized sauropod, measuring 15-20 m in length.

References

• Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (1994). "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)): pp. 1085–1092.
• Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (1993). "Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: a preliminary report". In T. Thanasutipital. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biostratigraphy of mainland Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai University. pp. 415–425.
• Martin, V.; E. Buffeataut; V. Suteethorn (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: pp. 39–91.