Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Africa about 95 million years ago. It stomped through mangrove forests and tidal flats, munching on leaves and ferns. This giant sauropod was one of the few big plant-eaters in its neighborhood, which was full of fierce meat-eaters like Spinosaurus.2
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All the original Aegyptosaurus bones were destroyed in a bombing raid during World War II in 1944. Only a few fragments from other specimens survive today.2
Aegyptosaurus lived alongside Spinosaurus, the giant fish-eating dinosaur, and the huge meat-eater Carcharodontosaurus.2
Scientists think Aegyptosaurus was about 15 metres long and weighed around 7 tonnes, as big as a bus.21
It was named by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1932, 17 years after the fossils were sent to Munich.2
The Bahariya Formation in Egypt, where Aegyptosaurus was found, was a wetland with mangroves, tidal flats, and many waterways.2
Most asked questions about Aegyptosaurus
?What does Aegyptosaurus mean?
It means 'Egyptian lizard' in Greek.2
?Is Aegyptosaurus a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a sauropod dinosaur.1
?When did Aegyptosaurus live?
It lived around 95 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.21
?What did Aegyptosaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater, or herbivore, munching on leaves and ferns.1
?How big was Aegyptosaurus?
Scientists estimate it was about 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed around 7 tonnes (7.7 short tons).2
?Where was Aegyptosaurus found?
Its fossils have been found in Egypt, Niger, and other parts of the Sahara Desert.2
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- Scientific name
- Aegyptosaurus
- Named by
- Stromer 19323
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Titanosauria3
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
- Age of the rocks
- 143 to 94 million years (Berriasian / Cenomanian)3
- Rock formations
- Baharîje, Echkar, Irhazer Shales3
- Countries
- Egypt, Niger3
- Fossil records
- 7 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Aegyptosaurus was discovered in Egypt's Bahariya Formation between 1910 and 1913 by Ernst Stromer and Richard Markgraf. The fossils were sent to Munich, Germany, and described by Stromer in 1932.2
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Aegyptosaurus is related to other titanosaurs, because most of its bones were destroyed.2
Where the facts come from
- Aegyptosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Aegyptosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Aegyptosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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