Aegyptosaurus iː-jihptoʊ-SƆːRUHS
"Egypt"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Aegyptosaurus 15 m (49 ft) long
as long as 9 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–94 Mya)
- Place
- Africa · Egypt
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Aegyptosaurus (meaning ‘Egypt’s lizard’) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur discovered in Egypt, that lived in what is now Africa, around 95 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period (Cenomanian faunal stage).
What we know
- Named by Stromer, 1932.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in Africa and Egypt.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Aegyptosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.