Isanosaurus attavipachi Buffetaut et al. 2000 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, G. Cuny, H. Tong, J. Le Loeuff, S. Khansubha, and S. Jongautchariyakul. 2000. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur. Nature 407:72-74

Belongs to Isanosaurus according to S. Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010

See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Buffetaut et al. 2000, Buffetaut et al. 2002, Buffetaut et al. 2006, Langer et al. 2010, Le Loeuff et al. 2009, Moser et al. 2006, Suteethorn and Buffetaut 2008, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CH4. Its type locality is Phu Nok Khian (Nam Phong), which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian fluvial sandstone in the Nam Phong Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Phu Nok Khian (Nam Phong)

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