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long-neck giant
Aegyptosaurus
Say it like this: “ee-JIP-to-SAWR-us”
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Aegyptosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Egypt.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Stromer, E.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 7 tonnes
- Found in
- Egypt · Bahariya
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
Aegyptosaurus was formally named in 1932 by E. Stromer.
Fossils referred to Aegyptosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Egypt, including the Bahariya Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Aegyptosaurus at a length near 15 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 7 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Argyrosaurus
Argyrosaurus superbus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago