Genus
Valid Extinct

Sonorasaurus

Ratkevich 1998

Sonorasaurus is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in southern Arizona, United States. Its name, which means "Sonora lizard", comes from the Sonora River that flows in the Sonoran Desert where its fossils were first found. The type species is S. thompsoni, described by Ratkevich in 1998.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Sonorasaurus
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Sonorasaurus thompsoni © Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Brachiosauridae Family
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Sonorasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Turney Ranch
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sonorasaurus thompsoni 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Ratkevich. 1998. New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen. et sp. nov., from Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 31(1):71-82
Bibliography (1)
R. Ratkevich. 1998. New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen. et sp. nov., from Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 31(1):71-82