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Tangvayosaurus
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Allain et al. 1999
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Allain et al. 1999. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tangvayosaurus sits in deep time
Tangvayosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tangvayosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.