Xenoposeidon
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Xenoposeidon
DV-0651 · type species Xenoposeidon proneneukos
- Lived
- 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Taylor and Naish 2007
Field notes
About Xenoposeidon
Xenoposeidon was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xenoposeidon, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Ashdown Formation. It was named by Taylor and Naish in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. P. Taylor and D. Naish. 2007. An unusual new neosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Beds Group of East Sussex, England. Palaeontology 50(6):1547-1564