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long-neck giant
Aeolosaurus
Say it like this: “EE-o-lo-SAWR-us”
Aeolosaurus rionegrinus
Aeolosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1987 · Powell, J. E.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 14–18.1 m · 46–59 ft
- Weight
- 6–14.7 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Angostura Colorada
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Aeolosaurini
The story in short
Aeolosaurus was formally named in 1987 by J. E. Powell. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Angostura Colorada Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Aeolosaurus at a length near 14–18.1 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 6–14.7 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Aeolosaurini, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Aeolosaurus rionegrinus. Other named species include Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis.
Other species with this name
- Aeolosaurus rionegrinus
- Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis
Close relatives
Adamantisaurus
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Arrudatitan
Arrudatitan maximus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Baurutitan
Baurutitan britoi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago