Sonidosaurus

Pronunciation:
soh-nid-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Sonid (area in which the type locality is) lizard'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
9.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 89-66 million years ago
Found in:
China

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria
Named by:
Xu, Zhang, Tan, Zhao and Tan (2006)
Type species:
saihangaobiensis