Genus: Xenoposeidon TAYLOR & NAISH, 2007
Etymology: Greek, xenos, "strange or alien," and Poseidon, the god of earthquakes
and the sea in Greek mythology; the latter in reference to the sauropod SauroposeidonWedel, Cifelli, and Sanders, 2000
Species: proneneukos TAYLOR & NAISH, 2007
Etymology: Latin, pronus, "forward sloping"; describing the characteristic morphology
of the neural arch.
= Neosauropoda Nova TAYLOR & NAISH,
2006
Holotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) R2095
Locality: Ecclesbourne Glen, East Sussex County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Hastings Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Berriasian-Valanginian Stage, Lower-Middle Neocomian Subepoch, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Partial mid-to-posterior dorsal vertebra.