Brontomerus
Field photograph to come
Brontomerus
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- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Taylor et al. 2011
Field notes
About Brontomerus
Brontomerus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Brontomerus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Taylor et al. in 2011.
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. P. Taylor, M. J. Wedel, and R. L. Cifelli. 2011. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(1):75-98