Sonidosaurus
Field photograph to come
Sonidosaurus
DV-0609
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 9 m (30 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2006
Field notes
About Sonidosaurus
Sonidosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sonidosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Iren Dabasu Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Sonidosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, X. Zhang, and Q. Tan, X. Zhao, L. Tan. 2006. A new titanosaurian sauropod from Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(1):20-26