Sonorasaurus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sonorasaurus 15 m (49 ft) long
as long as 9 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- United States
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Brachiosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Giraffe-postured sauropods with long front legs.
Sonorasaurus is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian stages, around 112 to 93 million years ago). Its fossils have been found in southern Arizona, United States. Its name, which means “Sonora lizard”, comes from the Sonora River that flows in the Sonoran Desert where its fossils were first found. The type species is S. thompsoni, described by Ratkevich in 1998.
What we know
- Named by Ratkevich, 1998.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in United States.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Sonorasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.