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Sonorasaurus
Taxonomy
Sonorasaurus was named by Ratkevich (1998). It is not extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Titanosauriformes by Apesteguía (2005), Mannion and Calvo (2011), Mannion et al. (2013); and to Brachiosauridae by Ratkevich (1998), Tidwell et al. (1999), Hodnett (2003), Lü et al. (2007), You and Li (2009), D'Emic (2012), D'Emic and Foreman (2012), D'Emic et al. (2016), Mannion et al. (2017), Mannion et al. (2019).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Titanosauriformes by Apesteguía (2005), Mannion and Calvo (2011), Mannion et al. (2013); and to Brachiosauridae by Ratkevich (1998), Tidwell et al. (1999), Hodnett (2003), Lü et al. (2007), You and Li (2009), D'Emic (2012), D'Emic and Foreman (2012), D'Emic et al. (2016), Mannion et al. (2017), Mannion et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Sonorasaurus Ratkevich |
| 1999 | Sonorasaurus Tidwell et al. p. 30 |
| 2003 | Sonorasaurus Hodnett p. 61A |
| 2005 | Sonorasaurus Apesteguía p. 257 |
| 2007 | Sonorasaurus Lü et al. p. 174 |
| 2009 | Sonorasaurus You and Li |
| 2011 | Sonorasaurus Mannion and Calvo |
| 2012 | Sonorasaurus D'Emic |
| 2012 | Sonorasaurus D'Emic and Foreman p. 897 |
| 2013 | Sonorasaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2016 | Sonorasaurus D'Emic et al. |
| 2017 | Sonorasaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2019 | Sonorasaurus Mannion et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
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| 41.9 tons | Sauropoda femur circumference | Anderson et al. 1985 |
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur circumference | 1 | 700.0 | |||||
| fibula circumference | 1 | 255.0 | |||||
| radius circumference | 1 | 260.0 | |||||
| tibia circumference | 1 | 340.0 | |||||
| ulna circumference | 1 | 310.0 |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | S. sp. (13105) |