Sonidosaurus

Sonidosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Turonian – Santonian) 93.9–83.6 Ma [1]
Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Clade: †Titanosauria
Clade: †Lithostrotia
Genus: †Sonidosaurus
Species:
†S. saihangaobiensis
Binomial name
†Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis
Xu et al., 2006

Sonidosaurus (meaning "Sonid lizard", after Sonid, the large geographical area that includes the type locality[2]) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now Inner Mongolia. The type species, Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis, was described by Xu, Zhang, Tan, Zhao, and Tan in 2006. It was a small titanosaur, about 9 meters (30 ft) long.[2] It was first discovered in the Saihangaobi, Iren Dabasu (Erlian) Formation, in 2001[2] in a quarry which would later yield the remains of Gigantoraptor.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Averianov2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Xu Xing; Zhang Xiaohong; Tan Qingei; Zhao Xijin; Tan Lin (2006). "A new titanosaurian sauropod from Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China" (PDF). Acta Geologica Sinica. 80 (1): 20–26. Bibcode:2006AcGlS..80...20X. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00790.x. S2CID 129970315. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-06-11.
  3. ^ Xing, X.; Tan, Q.; Wang, J.; Zhao, X.; Tan, L. (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China". Nature. 447 (7146): 844−847. Bibcode:2007Natur.447..844X. doi:10.1038/nature05849. PMID 17565365. S2CID 6649123.