AnchisauriaBrachiosauridaeDinosauriaEusaurischiaEusauropodaGravisauriaLate CretaceousMacronariaMassopodaNeosauropodaNorth AmericaPlateosauriaSaurischiaSauropodaSauropodiformesSauropodomorphaTitanosauriformes

Sonorasaurus thompsoni 

Dinosaur: Sonorasaurus thompsoni 


Type: Sauropod

Length*: 17.8 m 58.4 ft
Weight*: 18 tons 39,683 lb
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Ratkevich
Year: 1998
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Arizona
Formation: Turney Ranch

Classification

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


Other

Material: Partial skeleton (limb bones, vertebrae, scapular blades, ribs and other fragments). Referred rib ?
References: D'Emic, Foreman & Jud. (2016). Anatomy, systematics, paleoenvironment, growth, and age of the sauropod dinosaur Sonorasaurus thompsoni from the Cretaceous of Arizona, USA.

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