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long-neck giant · Doubtful name
Pelorosaurus
Say it like this: “pe-LOH-ro-SOR-us”
Pelorosaurus brevis
Pelorosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1850 · Mantell, G. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 24 m · 79 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Grinstead Clay
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauriformes
The story in short
In 1850, G. A. Mantell published the name Pelorosaurus. The name means “monstrous lizard.”
Fossils referred to Pelorosaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Grinstead Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Pelorosaurus at a length near 24 m.
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