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long-neck giant
Tazoudasaurus
Say it like this: “tuh-ZOO-duh-SOR-us”
Tazoudasaurus naimi
Tazoudasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in Morocco.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Allain, R.; Aquesbi, N.; Dejax, J.; Meyer, C.; Monbaron, M.; Montenat, C.; Richir, P.; Rochdy, M.; Russell, D.; Taquet, P.
- Hip height
- 2.7 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 11–14 m · 36–46 ft
- Weight
- 7–8 tonnes
- Found in
- Morocco
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Gravisauria
The story in short
Tazoudasaurus was formally named in 2004 by R. Allain and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian), roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago. Finds come from Morocco. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Tazoudasaurus at a length near 11–14 m, hips about 2.7 m high, and a body mass around 7–8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Gravisauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.