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ASTROPHOCAUDIA
(as-tro-foe-caw-de-ah)
meaning: "Star tail"
Named By: Michael D. D'Emic in 2012
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma
Location: USA, Texas - Trinity Group
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Somphospondyli |
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Astrophocaudia is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod known from the late Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) of Texas, United States. Its remains were discovered in the Trinity Group. The type species is Astrophocaudia slaughteri, described in 2012 by Michael D. D'Emic while a doctoral student at the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Michigan, USA.

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