Suuwassea
Field photograph to come
Suuwassea
DV-0555 · type species Suuwassea emilieae
- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Dicraeosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Harris and Dodson 2004
Field notes
About Suuwassea
Suuwassea was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dicraeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Suuwassea, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Harris and Dodson in 2004.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dicraeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. D. Harris and P. Dodson. 2004. A new diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):197-210