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long-neck giant
Abrosaurus
Say it like this: “AB-ro-SAWR-us”
Abrosaurus dongpoi
Abrosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1989 · Ouyang, H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9.1 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 6 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Macronaria
The story in short
In 1989, H. Ouyang published the name Abrosaurus.
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Abrosaurus at a length near 9.1 m and a body mass around 6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Macronaria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aragosaurus
Aragosaurus ischiaticus
Late Jurassic · Early Cretaceous (Tithonian · Berriasian) · roughly 149.2 to 137.1 million years ago
Astrodon
Astrodon johnstoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Bicharracosaurus
Bicharracosaurus dionidei
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian · Kimmeridgian) · roughly 161.5 to 149.2 million years ago