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Dinosaur: Tonganosaurus hei
Jurassic: 190.8–182.7 Ma

Length*: | 11 m | 36.1 ft |
Weight*: | 2 t | 4,409 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian
Years: 190.8–182.7 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Li, Yang, Liu & Wang
Year: 2010
Distribution
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, rib fragments, limb bones and other fragments).
References: Li, Kui; Yang, Chun-Yan; Liu, Jian and Wang, Zheng-Xin (2010). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China".
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