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ABYDOSAURUS
(ah-bee-dos-sore-us)
meaning: "Abydos lizard"
Abydosaurus
Named By: Daniel Chure, Brooks Britt, John A. Whitlock & Jeffrey A. Wilson in 2010
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 104.5 Ma
Location: USA, Utah - Cedar Mountain Formation, Mussentuchit Member
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, refer to summary for more detail
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Skulls and partial post cranial remains of several juvenile individuals. Holotype (DINO 16488) is of a complete skull and lower jaws with the first four cervical (neck) vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauriformes | Brachiosauridae |
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Abydosaurus (meaning "Abydos lizard") is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur known from skull and postcranial material found in upper Lower Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Utah, United States.

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