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long-neck giant
Histriasaurus
Say it like this: “HIS-tree-ah-SAWR-us”
Histriasaurus boscarollii
Histriasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in HR.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian) · roughly 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1998 · Dalla Vecchia, F. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- HR
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rebbachisauridae
The story in short
In 1998, F. M. Dalla Vecchia published the name Histriasaurus. The name means “istria lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian), roughly 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from HR. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Histriasaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Rebbachisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agustinia
Agustinia ligabuei
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amazonsaurus
Amazonsaurus maranhensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Astigmasaura
Astigmasaura genuflexa
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago