Astrodon was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Texas, Tahoua (Niger) and Virginia.
Quick facts about Astrodon:
- Existed from 157.3 million years ago to Tithonian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 28264.6 kg
- Fossil femurs are approximately 2000 mm long and 365 mm wide
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Astrodon was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. Patterson. 1955. A symmetrodont from the Early Cretaceous of northern Texas. Fieldiana: Zoology 37:689-693
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1958. Sur les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Sahara central [On the dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 246:1237-1240
- R. L. Cifelli. 1997. First notice on Mesozoic mammals from Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(1):4-17
