Pleurocoelus

Taxobox
name = "Pleurocoelus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Dorsal vertebra of "Pleurocoelus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Brachiosauridae
genus = "Pleurocoelus"
genus_authority = Marsh, 1888
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "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.

References

* [http://www.statefossils.com/tx/txdino.html Texas State Dinosaur]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/macronaria.htm Macronaria] from "Thescelosaurus"!

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Pleurocoelus"Pleurocoelus" in the Dino Directory]