Protognathosaurus

Protognathosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Genus: †Protognathosaurus
Olshevsky, 1991
Species:
†P. oxyodon
Binomial name
†Protognathosaurus oxyodon
Zhang, 1988
Synonyms
  • Protognathus oxyodon Zhang, 1988

Protognathosaurus (meaning "early jaw lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Lower Shaximiao Formation in Sichuan, present-day China.