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long-neck giant
Mansourasaurus
Say it like this: “man-SOO-rah-SOR-us”
Mansourasaurus shahinae
Mansourasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Egypt.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Sallam, H. M.; Gorscak, E.; O'Connor, P. M.; El-Dawoudi, I. A.; El-Sayed, S.; Saber, S.; Kora, M. A.; Sertich, J. J. W.; Seiffert, E. R.; Lamanna, M. C.
- Hip height
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 8–10 m · 26–33 ft
- Weight
- 5 tonnes
- Found in
- Egypt · Quseir
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
In 2018, H. M. Sallam and colleagues published the name Mansourasaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Egypt, including the Quseir Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Mansourasaurus at a length near 8–10 m, hips about 1.9 m high, and a body mass around 5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasauroidea, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Arackar
Arackar licanantay
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
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Bustingorrytitan shiva
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago