Astrophocaudia

Astrophocaudia (meaning "non-twisting tail"; alternately "star tail" in reference to Astrodon[1]) is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod known from the late Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) of Texas, United States.

The type species is Astrophocaudia slaughteri, described in 2012 by Michael D. D’Emic while a doctoral student at the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Michigan, USA.

[1] Adults would have measured around 18 metres (59 ft) long and weighed up to 18 tonnes (20 short tons).

In 1969, Maria A. Marques-Bilelo reported the holotype from the Trinity Group.

as Astrophocaudia slaughteri in his redescription of the Trinity Group sauropods.