Venenosaurus
Field photograph to come
Venenosaurus
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- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Brachiosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Tidwell et al. 2001
Field notes
About Venenosaurus
Venenosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Brachiosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Venenosaurus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Tidwell et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Brachiosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. Tidwell, K. Carpenter, and S. Meyer. 2001. A new titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie