星牙龍屬（學名：Astrodon）是種大型草食性恐龍，屬於蜥腳下目，是腕龍的近親，生活於白堊紀早期的美國東部。根據地層所含孢粉型態的年代測定，發現星牙龍是生活於阿普第階到阿爾比階之間，距今約1億1200萬年前。
在1998年，星牙龍被選定為馬里蘭州的州恐龍。
參考資料
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*Lull, R.S. 1911, "The Reptillian Fauna of the Arundel Formation" and "Systematic Paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Deposits of Maryland -Dinosauria", Lower Cretaceous : Maryland Geological Survey Systematic Reports, pp. 173–178, 183-211.
*Marsh, O.C. 1888, "Notice of a New Genus of Sauropoda and Other New Dinosaurs from the Potomac Group," American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Vol. XXXV, pp. 89–94.
外部連結
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060104115251/http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/dino.html Maryland State Archives]
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