Species: sichuanensis OUYANG,
1992
Etymology:
= Tuojiangosaurus multispinus (referred material)
GAO, HUANG & ZHU,
1986
Holotype: ZDM 0019
Locality: Pentang, Yinhe, Jinquan (Zhongquan) County, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China.
Horizon: Upper Shangshaximiao Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Pair of complete lower jaws, associated 8 cervicals, 16 dorsals
and 4 sacral vertebrae, some anterior caudals, some girdles and limbs, some
dermal plates, 4 small scutes, a pair of parasacapular spines, and a piece
of skin impression near the right parascapular spine.
A) Skeleton with shoulder spine facing upward; B) faceing downward as is the mounted skeleton.
Ventral view of shoulder spine.