Astrophocaudia
Name:
Astrophocaudia
(Star tail).
Phonetic: As-tro-foe-caw-de-ah.
Named By: Michael D. D’Emic - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Somphospondyli.
Species: A. slaughteri
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: USA, Texas - Trinity Group.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Astrophocaudia was a genus of sauropod named in 2012, and considered to be part of a group of sauropods called the Somphospondyli along with Sauroposeidon.
Further reading
- Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity
Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus, Michael
D. D’Emic - 2012.
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