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long-neck giant
Tornieria
Say it like this: “tor-NEER-ee-a”
Tornieria africana
Tornieria 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
- 1911 · Sternfeld, R.
- Hip height
- 3.9 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 25 m · 82 ft
- Weight
- 10 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Tendaguru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diplodocinae
The story in short
In 1911, R. Sternfeld published the name Tornieria. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in 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 Tornieria at a length near 25 m, hips about 3.9 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diplodocinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus viator
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Barosaurus
Barosaurus lentus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Dinheirosaurus
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago