Astrophocaudia
Field photograph to come
Astrophocaudia
DV-0844 · type species Astrophocaudia slaughteri
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- D'Emic 2013
Field notes
About Astrophocaudia
Astrophocaudia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Astrophocaudia, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Paluxy Formation. It was named by D'Emic in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. D. D'Emic. 2013. Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(6):707-726