Sonorasaurus
Field photograph to come
Sonorasaurus
DV-0426
- Lived
- 106 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Brachiosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ratkevich 1998
Field notes
About Sonorasaurus
Sonorasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 106 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Brachiosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sonorasaurus, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Turney Ranch Formation. It was named by Ratkevich in 1998.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
100 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Brachiosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Ratkevich. 1998. New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen. et sp. nov., from Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 31(1):71-82