Outline: a typical sauropod
Moabosaurus
"Moab lizard"
- Lived
- 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Britt et al. 2017
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
135 million years ago
Field notes
About Moabosaurus
What it was like
Moabosaurus was a long-necked sauropod from the turiasaur group, a line of big plant eaters best known from Europe. It is known from many bones of several individuals, including parts of the skull.
Its world
It lived about 137 to 133 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Utah. Its bones come from the Cedar Mountain Formation, whose lower layers also held the big raptor Utahraptor and the armored Gastonia.
How it was found
Britt and colleagues named it in 2017. It is named after a nearby town. Its relatives in North America suggest that turiasaurs crossed between Europe and North America.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Turiasauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: B. B. Britt, R. D. Scheetz, and M. F. Whiting, D. R. Wilhite. 2017. Moabosaurus utahensis, n. gen., n. sp., a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32(11):189-243