Vouivria

Say it like this: “vou-WEE-vree-uh”

Vouivria damparisensis

Vouivria ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in France.

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When: Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · roughly 161.5 to 154.8 million years ago
Named in: 2017 · Mannion, P. D.; Allain, R.; Moine, O.
Hip height: 3.2 m · 10 ft
Length: 15 m · 49 ft
Weight: 9 tonnes
Found in: France · Calcaires de Clerval
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Brachiosauridae

The story in short

In 2017, P. D. Mannion and colleagues published the name Vouivria. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian), roughly 161.5 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Calcaires de Clerval Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Vouivria at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.2 m high, and a body mass around 9 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Brachiosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Abydosaurus

Abydosaurus mcintoshi

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago

Cedarosaurus

Cedarosaurus weiskopfae

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago