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long-neck giant
Algoasaurus
Say it like this: “al-GO-uh-SOR-us”
Algoasaurus bauri
Algoasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1904 · Broom, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Africa · Kirkwood
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Eusauropoda
The story in short
Algoasaurus was formally named in 1904 by R. Broom. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian), roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Kirkwood Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Algoasaurus at a length near 9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Eusauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atlasaurus
Atlasaurus imelakei
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Bagualia
Bagualia alba
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago
Bellusaurus
Bellusaurus sui
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago