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long-neck giant
Sonidosaurus
Say it like this: “soh-nid-oh-sore-us”
Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis
Sonidosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Xu, X.; Zhang, X.; Tan, Q.; Zhao, X.; Tan, L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Iren Dabasu
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
The genus Sonidosaurus dates to 2006, the year X. Xu and colleagues described it. The name means “sonid lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Iren Dabasu Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Sonidosaurus at a length near 9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago