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Synonymy of Pleurocoelus with Astrodon

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Carpenter and Tidsell (2005) concluded that only one species of sauropod is present in Arundel Formation, Maryland, for which the correct name is Astrodon johnstoni Leidy, 1865. Therefore, Pleurocoelus is synonymous with Astrodon.

Carpenter, Kenneth and Tidswell, Virginia, 2005. Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Astrodon johnsoni Leidy 1865 (Titanosauriformes), Carpenter, Kenneth and Tidswell, Virginia (ed.) Thunder Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, 38–77.