Moabosaurus

DV-0990

Lived: 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: United States
Named by: Britt et al. 2017

Field notes

About Moabosaurus

Moabosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Moabosaurus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Britt et al. in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Turiasauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. B. Britt, R. D. Scheetz, and M. F. Whiting, D. R. Wilhite. 2017. Moabosaurus utahensis, n. gen., n. sp., a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32(11):189-243