Tornieria

Tornieria
Temporal range:
Caudal vertebra of T. africana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Superfamily: †Diplodocoidea
Family: †Diplodocidae
Subfamily: †Diplodocinae
Genus: †Tornieria
Sternfeld, 1911
Species:
†T. africana
Binomial name
†Tornieria africana
Fraas, 1908
Synonyms

Genus synonymy

  • Gigantosaurus Fraas, 1908
(preoccupied)

Species synonymy

  • Gigantosaurus africanus Fraas, 1908

Tornieria ("for Tornier") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania. It has a convoluted taxonomic history.

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