Sonidosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0609Iren Dabasu Fm., China

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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Sonidosaurus?

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Sonidosaurus: about 9 m (30 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

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