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long-neck giant
Baalsaurus
Say it like this: “BAY-ul-SAWR-us”
Baalsaurus mansillai
Baalsaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Calvo, J. O.; Riga, B. G.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11 m · 36 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Portezuelo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
The genus Baalsaurus dates to 2019, the year J. O. Calvo and B. G. Riga described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian), roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Portezuelo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Baalsaurus at a length near 11 m.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago