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long-neck giant
Aepisaurus
Say it like this: “EE-pee-SOR-us”
Aepisaurus elephantinus
Aepisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1852 · Gervais, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- France
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Sauropoda
The story in short
The genus Aepisaurus dates to 1852, the year P. Gervais described it. The name means “lofty lizard.”
Fossils referred to Aepisaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from France. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Aepisaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amygdalodon
Amygdalodon patagonicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Archaeodontosaurus
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Asiatosaurus
Asiatosaurus mongoliensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago