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long-neck giant
Amanzia
Say it like this: “am-an-zee-uh”
Amanzia greppini
Amanzia ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Switzerland.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Schwarz, D.; Mannion, P. D.; Wings, O.; Meyer, C. A.
- Hip height
- 1.6 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 10 m · 33 ft
- Weight
- 2 tonnes
- Found in
- Switzerland · Reuchenette
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Turiasauria
The story in short
Amanzia was formally named in 2020 by D. Schwarz and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from Switzerland, including the Reuchenette Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Amanzia at a length near 10 m, hips about 1.6 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Turiasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Losillasaurus
Losillasaurus giganteus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Mierasaurus
Mierasaurus bobyoungi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Moabosaurus
Moabosaurus utahensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago