Venenosaurus
Sign in to saveVenenosaurus ( ) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah during the Early Cretaceous. Its type and only species is Venenosaurus dicrocei. Fossils of Venenosaurus were first discovered in 1998, by Denver Museum of Natural History volunteer Anthony DiCroce, and described as a new genus and species in 2001 by Virginia Tidwell and colleagues, who named the species for DiCroce. Venenosaurus was a relatively small sauropod, and was similar to Cedarosaurus, another sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Utah.
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- Brachiosauridae
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- Venenosaurus
- taxon common name
- Venenosaurus ("Poison lizard")
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- Venenosaurus
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Venenosaurus ist eine Gattung sauropoder Dinosaurier aus der Gruppe der Titanosauriformes. Fragmentarische Reste, die sowohl von erwachsenen Individuen als auch von Jungtieren stammen, fanden sich in der Unterkreide (Aptium) des US-amerikanischen Bundesstaats Utah. Einzige Art ist Venenosaurus dicrocei.
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