Algoasaurus

Algoasaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Femur, vertebra and scapula (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Genus: Algoasaurus
Broom, 1904
Species:
A. bauri
Binomial name
Algoasaurus bauri
Broom, 1904

Algoasaurus (/ælˌɡ.əˈsɔːrəs/; "Algoa Bay reptile") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Berriasian-early Valanginian-age Early Cretaceous Upper Kirkwood Formation of Cape Province, South Africa, specifically near a town called Despatch. Only one species, A. bauri, is known.

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