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long-neck giant
Venenosaurus
Say it like this: “ven-EN-o-SOR-uhs”
Venenosaurus dicrocei
Venenosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2001 · Tidwell, V.; Carpenter, K.; Meyer, S.
- Hip height
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- 6 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Cedar Mountain
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Brachiosauridae
The story in short
In 2001, V. Tidwell and colleagues published the name Venenosaurus. The name means “poison lizard.”
Fossils referred to Venenosaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Venenosaurus at a length near 12 m, hips about 2.2 m high, and a body mass around 6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Brachiosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abydosaurus
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Cedarosaurus
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago