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Brachiosauridae

Abydosaurus

"Abydos lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Abydosaurus 18 m (60 ft) long
as long as 11 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Abydosaurus
Length
18 m (60 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (104.5 Mya)
Place
United States · Egypt · Utah, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Brachiosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Giraffe-postured sauropods with long front legs.

Abydosaurus (meaning “Abydos lizard”) is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur known from skull and postcranial material found in upper Lower Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Utah, United States.

What we know

  • Named by Chure et al., 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 18.3 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Egypt.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Abydosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.