Astrophocaudia
| Astrophocaudia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Somphospondyli |
| Genus: | †Astrophocaudia D’Emic, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Astrophocaudia slaughteri D’Emic, 2012 | |
Astrophocaudia is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod known from the late Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) of Texas, USA. Its remains were discovered in the Trinity Group. The type species is Astrophocaudia slaughteri, described in 2012 by Michael D. D’Emic while a doctoral student at the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Michigan, USA.[1]
References
- ↑ d’Emic, Michael D. (2013). "Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (6): 707–726. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.667446.
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