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long-neck giant
Normanniasaurus
Say it like this: “nor-man-eye-ah-sor-us”
Normanniasaurus genceyi
Normanniasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Le Loeuff, J.; Suteethorn, S.; Buffetaut, E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- France · Poudingue Ferrugineux
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
Normanniasaurus was formally named in 2013 by J. Le Loeuff and colleagues. The name means “normandy lizard.”
Fossils referred to Normanniasaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Poudingue Ferrugineux Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Normanniasaurus at a length near 12 m.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago