Astrodon

Astrodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Clade: †Titanosauriformes
Genus: †Astrodon
Leidy, 1865[1]
Species:
†A. johnstoni
Binomial name
†Astrodon johnstoni
Leidy, 1865
Synonyms
  • Pleurocoelus nanus Marsh, 1888
  • Pleurocoelus altus Marsh, 1888
Astrodon holotype tooth

Astrodon (aster: star, odon: tooth) is a genus of large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, measuring 20 m (66 ft) in length, 9 m (30 ft) in height and 20 metric tons (22 short tons) in body mass.[2][3][4] It lived in what is now the eastern United States during the Early Cretaceous period, and fossils have been found in the Arundel Formation, which has been dated through palynomorphs to the Albian about 112 to 110 million years ago.[5]

  1. ^ McDavid SN & Perkins J (2023) The authorship of Astrodon (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Leidy, 1865, not Johnston, 1859. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 80(1):109-111 doi: 10.21805/bzn.v80.a031
  2. ^ Weems, R. E., & Bachman, J. M. (2015). The Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation Ichnofauna of Virginia. Ichnos, 22(3-4), 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2015.1063493
  3. ^ Dilisio, J. (2014). Maryland Geography: An Introduction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421414829.
  4. ^ Anneli, Luiz E. (2010). O Guia Completo DOS Dinossauros Do Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Peirópolis. ISBN 9788575961773.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference carpenter&tidwell2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).