Xenoposeidon proneneukos Taylor and Naish 2007 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: M. P. Taylor and D. Naish. 2007. An unusual new neosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Beds Group of East Sussex, England. Palaeontology 50(6):1547-1564

Belongs to Xenoposeidon according to M. P. Taylor 2018

See also D'Emic 2012, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Mannion et al. 2013 and Taylor and Naish 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R2095, a set of vertebrae (mid-posterior dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Ecclesbourne Glen (BMNH), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial horizon in the Ashdown Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ecclesbourne Glen (BMNH)

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