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early long-neck
Arcusaurus
Say it like this: “AR-kyoo-SAWR-us”
Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
Arcusaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Yates, A. M.; Bonnan, M. F.; Neveling, J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2.3 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodomorpha
The story in short
The genus Arcusaurus dates to 2011, the year A. M. Yates and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Arcusaurus date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Arcusaurus at a length near 2.3 m.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodomorpha, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.