Outline: a typical sauropod
Venenosaurus
ven-EN-oh-SORE-us
"poison lizard"
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Brachiosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Tidwell et al. 2001
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
115 million years ago
Field notes
About Venenosaurus
What it was like
Venenosaurus was a mid-sized sauropod related to Brachiosaurus. It is known from part of one skeleton, including tail bones and limbs.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Utah. It comes from the Cedar Mountain Formation, where the large dromaeosaur Utahraptor and the armored Gastonia also lived.
How it was found
Tidwell and colleagues named Venenosaurus in 2001. The name comes from the local name of the rock layer where it was found.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Brachiosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: V. Tidwell, K. Carpenter, and S. Meyer. 2001. A new titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie