Cretaceous
Paluxysaurus
Paluxysaurus jonesi
The catalogue presents Paluxysaurus as a herbivore member of Titanosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 115 Ma. Its estimated range is 20.0 m in length and 20 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Texas, USA. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Paluxysaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Rose (2007).
The PBDB places it in Somphospondyli, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Titanosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Titanosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Aptian to the Cenomanian.
The catalogue records the holotype as FWMSH 93B-IV-27 and the type locality as “Texas, USA”.
- FWMSH 93B-IV-27
- Texas, USA
The catalogue's reference measurements are 20.0 m in length and 20 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 20.0 m
- 20 tons
The record gathers 9 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 20.0 m
- Weight
- 20 t
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 115 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2007
- Described by
- Peter Rose
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Titanosauridae
- Genus
- Paluxysaurus
- Species
- P. jonesi
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- FWMSH 93B-IV-27
- Type locality
- Texas, USA