The University of Oklahoma paleontologists who found the new species have named it Sauroposeidon, after the Greek sea god Poseidon, who was also in charge of earthquakes.

• 发现这个新物种的俄克拉何马大学古生物学家把它命名为波塞冬恐龙，波塞冬是古希腊神话中的海神，同时也掌管地震。