Astrophocaudia

In Depth        Astrophocaudia was a genus of sauropod named in‭ ‬2012,‭ ‬and considered to be part of a group of sauropods called the Somphospondyli along with Sauroposeidon. Further Reading -‭ ‬Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group,‭ ‬southern USA,‭ ‬with the description of a new genus,‭ ‬Michael D.‭ ‬D’Emic‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

Atsinganosaurus

In Depth        Atsinganosaurus is named from the Ancient Greek word atsinganos which means‭ ‘‬gypsy‭’‬,‭ ‬and is a reference to a proposed east to west migration for these dinosaurs.‭ ‬The known remains of Atsinganosaurus are fragmentary but in otherwise a good state of preservation.‭ ‬Unfortunately the overall lack of them means that it is hard to … Read more

Europatitan

In Depth        Europatitan was a very large somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur that lived in Spain during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬The type species name E.‭ ‬eastwoodi was inspired by the actor Clint Eastwood. Further Reading -‭ ‬Europatitan eastwoodi,‭ ‬a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphospondylans in Laurasia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ … Read more

Notocolossus

In Depth        Notocolossus seems to be yet another genus of giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from South America,‭ ‬a continent that is now famous for the presence of such dinosaurs.‭ ‬The full length of Notocolossus is still speculative,‭ ‬but with an upper arm bone measuring‭ ‬1.76‭ ‬meters in length,‭ ‬it is fairly safe to say that … Read more