Sauroposeidon
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| Sauroposeidon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Sauropoda |
| Family: | Brachiosauridae |
| Genus: | Sauroposeidon Wedel et al., 2000 |
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Sauroposeidon (meaning "lizard-Poseidon- Earthquake God") is a genus sauropod dinosaur, was recently found in Oklahoma. It may be the biggest dinosaur yet found.
Habit and diet [change]
Sauroposeidon lived in what was then a river delta. It was a plant-eater that probably ate leaves from the tops of trees, perhaps conifers and early flowering trees like magnolias, palms, and sycamores.