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Sauroposeidon proteles 

Dinosaur: Sauroposeidon proteles 



Type: Sauropod

Length*:29 m95.1 ft
Weight*:40 tons88,185 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Wedel, Cifelli & Sanders
Year: 2000
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Montana
Formation: Antlers, Twin Mountains, Cloverly

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli


Other

Material: Four cervical vertebrae with cervical ribs. Referred many bones (also include Paluxysaurus jonesi material).
References: Wedel, Cifelli and Sanders, (2000). Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. Mortimer - Theropod database (online).

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