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Tapinosaurus

Say it: tap-ee-no-SORE-us

Name means: “Tapinosaurus means 'low lizard' or 'humble lizard'.”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Jurassic

Tapinosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now France. It had a very long neck and tail, and walked on four sturdy legs.2

Lived

152 to 149 million years ago3

Late Jurassic

Fossils found in

France (Haute-Normandie)2

Food

Plants2

Length

10 to 100 m2

estimated from PBDB adult length range

Height

10 to 100 m2

estimated from PBDB adult height range

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How tall was it?

estimated from PBDB adult height range

as long as 22 cars parked in a rowas long as 560 bananas end to endas tall as 18 giraffes standing on each other

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Fun facts

Tapinosaurus was named in 1925 by a scientist named Rabeck.2

Its fossils were found in rocks that are about 152 to 149 million years old, from the Late Jurassic period.2

Tapinosaurus lived on land and moved around actively on four legs.2

Scientists think Tapinosaurus may have lived in groups, based on the PBDB record.2

AI-made picture of Tapinosaurus — An AI-made picture of how Tapinosaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Tapinosaurus

?How big was Tapinosaurus?

It was a huge sauropod, but its exact size is not known from the sources. The PBDB record says its adult length was between 10 and 100 metres, which is a very rough estimate.3

?What did Tapinosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.3

?When did Tapinosaurus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

?Is Tapinosaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It belongs to the group Sauropoda, which are long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs.3

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Scientific name: Tapinosaurus
Named by: Rabeck 19253
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Sauropoda3
Classification: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
Age of the rocks: 152 to 149 million years (Kimmeridgian)3
Rock formations: Argiles d'Octeville3
Countries: France3
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: Tapinosaurus was named by Rabeck in 1925 based on fossils found in France. The fossils were discovered in the Argiles d'Octeville formation.2

Where the facts come from

Articles - Dino Hunter (dinohunter.info)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Tapinosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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