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long-neck giant
Magyarosaurus
Say it like this: “MOD-yar-o-SAWR-us”
Magyarosaurus dacus
Magyarosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Romania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 2.2–2.8 m · 7–9 ft
- Weight
- 660–972 kg · 1,455–2,143 lb
- Found in
- Romania · Densuș-Ciula
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lithostrotia
The story in short
In 1932, F. V. Huene published the name Magyarosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Romania, including the Densuș-Ciula Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Magyarosaurus at a length near 2.2–2.8 m, hips about 1.5 m high, and a body mass around 660–972 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Lithostrotia, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan chilensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Elaltitan
Elaltitan lilloi
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago