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long-neck giant
Tendaguria
Say it like this: “TEN-duh-GURE-ee-uh”
Tendaguria tanzaniensis
Tendaguria ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Tanzania.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2000 · Bonaparte, J. F.; Heinrich, W. D.; Wild, R.
- Hip height
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 16 m · 52 ft
- Weight
- 12 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Tendaguru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Turiasauria
The story in short
The genus Tendaguria dates to 2000, the year J. F. Bonaparte and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Tendaguria date to the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Tanzania, including the Tendaguru Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Tendaguria at a length near 16 m, hips about 4 m high, and a body mass around 12 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Turiasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amanzia
Amanzia greppini
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Losillasaurus
Losillasaurus giganteus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Mierasaurus
Mierasaurus bobyoungi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago