Sonidosaurus
Name:
Sonidosaurus.
Phonetic: So-ne-do-sore-us.
Named By: X. Xu, X. Zhang, Q. Tan, X.
Zhao & L. Tan - 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria.
Species: S. saihangaobiensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Estimated about 9 meters long.
Known locations: Mongolia - Iren Dabasu
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
With an estimated length of about nine meters long for the holotype individual, Sonidosaurus was actually pretty small for a late Cretaceous titanosaur. Hailing from the Iren Dabasu Formation, Sonidosaurus may have been preyed upon by tyrannosaurs of the time such as Alectrosaurus.
Further reading
- A new titanosaurian sauropod from Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol,
China. - Acta Geologica Sinica 80 (1): 20–26. - X.
Xu, X. Zhang, Q. Tan, X. Zhao & L. Tan -
2006.
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