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long-neck giant
Pulanesaura
Say it like this: “PU-lan-SOR-ruh”
Pulanesaura eocollum
Pulanesaura ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2015 · McPhee, B. W.; Bonnan, M. F.; Yates, A. M.; Neveling, J.; Choiniere, J. N.
- Hip height
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 11 m · 36 ft
- Weight
- 3.5 tonnes
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Sauropoda
The story in short
In 2015, B. W. McPhee and colleagues published the name Pulanesaura.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Pulanesaura at a length near 11 m, hips about 2.2 m high, and a body mass around 3.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepisaurus
Aepisaurus elephantinus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amygdalodon
Amygdalodon patagonicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Archaeodontosaurus
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago