Genus: Tuojiangosaurus DONG, LI, ZHOU, & ZHANG, 1977
Etymology: In reference to the Tuojiang (river), tributary of the Yangtzi, Sihuan Basin, China, and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: “Tou River lizard”.
= Taojiangosaurus DONG, ZHOU & SHANG, 1983 (sic)
= Tiejiangosaurus DONG, LI, ZHOU & ZHANG, 1977 (sic)
= Tuajiangosaurus DONG, ZHOU & ZHANG 1983 (sic)
= Tueojiangosaurus DONG, LI, ZHOU & ZHANG, 1977 (sic)
= Tuojiangosaurus [ANONYMOUS] 1977 (nomen nudum)
= Tuojiangsaurus YANG, & YANG, 1987 (sic)
= Tuojingosaurus GALTON, 1981 (sic)
= Tuojiongosaurus DONG, LI, ZHOU & ZHANG, 1977 (sic)

Species: multispinus DONG, LI, ZHOU & ZHANG, 1977
Etymology: Laitn, multi, "many" and Latin, spina, "spine." Multispinus refers to the 17 bony plates on the back.

Holotype: V 00209 (ChM V 209)

Locality: Wujiabai, Zigong City, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China.

Horizon: Upper Shaximiao (Shang-Shaximiao) Formation, Chungking Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Early Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull, dentary, 10 cervical, 17 dorsal, 4 sacral, 45 caudals, scapula and coracoid, humerus, metacarpal II or III, pelvis, femur, tibia and fibula, 15 pairs of plates, 1 spine.

 

CV 00210: Part of the sacrum.

Cervical plate and caudal spine.

Paratype:

CV 210: Skull, scapulae, dorsal vertebrae and associated dermal armor.