Species Hierarchy
Kingdom ANIMAL (ANIMALIA)
Phylum BACKBONED ANIMALS (CHORDATA)
Class REPTILES (REPTILIA)
Order DINOSAUR - BIRD-HIPPED (ORNITHISCHIA)
Family DINOSAUR - PLATED (STEGOSAURIA)
Common name: DINOSAUR - TUOJIANGOSAURUS
Scentific name: TUOJIANGOSAURUS SPECIES

Species Info:

This lifeform is found in China. This lifeform has been extinct for over 20,000 years.

Tuojiangosaurus was found in Sichuan, China, during the late Jurassic Period. This large dinosaur was up to twenty-four feet long. The double plates on its back and four large spikes at the end of its tail are features of this dinosaur.

Plated Dinosaurs (Sub-Order Stegosauria) contains the unusual dinosaurs that had large vertical plates on their backs.

Bird Hipped Dinosaurs (Order Ornithischia) contain several unusual small dinosaurs plus several large dinosaurs that are familiar to the general public. These are usually divided into four different Sub-orders: Ornithopodia, Stegosauria, and Ankylosauria, and Ceratopsia.

(Some scientists would place the living birds in some close relationship to this group.)

Reptiles (Class Reptilia) are an ancient group of scaled  chordates. These scales may be permanently joined, as in the  turtles, or flexible, as in the snakes. Reptiles are land-based. Their eggs are laid on land and the young are air breathing.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.

Animal Kingdom contains numerous organisms that feed on other animals or plants. Included in the animal kingdom are the lower marine invertebrates such as sponges and corals, the jointed legged animals such as insects and spiders, and the backboned animals such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

 

Search Region:
World
Species Range:
Click to enlarge
Photos
(Click on an image below to display at left)
 


Quick Jump:
Click to jump to
DINOSAUR - MONTANA HORN FACE
MONTAOCERATOPS SPECIES
Backward 10 species
Click to jump to
STEGOSAURUS
STEGOSAURUS SPECIES
Backward 1 species
Click to jump to
DINOSAUR - WUERHOSAURUS
WUERHOSAURUS SPECIES
Forward 1 species
Click to jump to
OSTRICH - AFRICAN
STRUTHIO CAMELUS
Forward 10 species