Name:
Moabosaurus
(Moab reptile).
Phonetic: Mo-ab-o-sor-us.
Named By: B. B. Britt, R. D. Scheetz,
M. F. Whiting & D. R. Wilhite - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Turiasauria.
Species: M. utahensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Estimated to be about 10 meters long.
Known locations: USA, Utah - Cedar Mountain
Formation-Dalton Wells Quarry.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains
of several individuals.
Moabosaurus
is a genus of sauropod
dinosaur that lived in North America during the
early Cretaceous. Moabosaurus is thought to be a
member Turiasauria
group of sauropods.
Further reading
- Moabosaurus utahensis,
n. gen., n. sp., a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous
(Aptian) of North America. - Contributions from the Museum of
Paleontology, University of Michigan 32(11):189-243. - B.
B. Britt, R. D. Scheetz, M. F. Whiting & D.
R.
Wilhite - 2017.
- Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from
Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA. -
Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 14311 (2017) -
Rafael Royo-Torres, Paul Upchurch, James I. Kirkland, Donald
D. DeBlieux, John R. Foster, Alberto Cobos & Luis
Alcal�
- 2017.