Astrophocaudia slaughteri Astrophocaudia
"twisting"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Astrophocaudia 11 m (36 ft) long
7 people holding hands
- Length
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (112.2–106 Mya)
- Place
- United States
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.