Astrophocaudia slaughteri
"twisting"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Astrophocaudia 11 m (36 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (112.2–106 Mya)
- Place
- United States
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Astrophocaudia is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod known from the later part of the Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) of Texas, United States. Its remains were discovered in the Paluxy Formation. The type species is A. slaughteri, described in 2012.
What we know
- Named by D’Emic, 2012.
- Body length estimated at about 10.9 m.
- Fossils found in United States.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Astrophocaudia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.