Pleurocoelus

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iPleurocoelus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Brachiosauridae
Genus: Pleurocoelus
Marsh, 1888
Species
  • P. nanus (type
  • P. altus

Pleurocoelus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It lived in North America and may in fact be the same animal as Astrodon. Pleurocoelus was 30 to 60 feet long and weighed between 20 and 45 tons. It has been the state dinosaur of Texas since 1997.

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