Sauroposeidon

“lizard Poseidon (Greek god of, among other things, earthquakes)”

CLASSIFICATION

Sauroposeidon  Wedel, Cifelli & Sanders vide Franklin, 2000TYPE SPECIES: S. proteles Wedel, Cifelli & Sanders vide Franklin, 2000

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?30 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Oklahoma

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

rib, cervical vertebrae

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

This new Brachiosaurus-like dinosaur was perhaps the tallest. With its head raised, it stood 60 feet (nearly 20 m) tall.