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long-neck giant
Bruhathkayosaurus
Say it like this: “brih-HUHT-kah-yo-SOR-us”
Bruhathkayosaurus matleyi
Bruhathkayosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1987 · Yadagiri, P.; Ayyasami, K.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 40 m · 131 ft
- Weight
- 110 tonnes
- Found in
- India · Kallamedu
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Sauropoda
The story in short
In 1987, P. Yadagiri and K. Ayyasami published the name Bruhathkayosaurus. The name means “huge-bodied lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Kallamedu Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Bruhathkayosaurus at a length near 40 m and a body mass around 110 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepisaurus
Aepisaurus elephantinus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
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