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long-neck giant
Eucamerotus
Say it like this: “YOO-kam-uh-ROHT-us”
Eucamerotus foxi
Eucamerotus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1995 · Blows, W. T.
- Hip height
- 3.5 m · 11 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 8.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Wessex
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauriformes
The story in short
The genus Eucamerotus dates to 1995, the year W. T. Blows described it.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Wessex Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Eucamerotus at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.5 m high, and a body mass around 8.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauriformes, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brohisaurus
Brohisaurus kirthari
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Dinodocus
Dinodocus mackesoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Duriatitan
Duriatitan humerocristatus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago