Andesaurus anduh-SƆːRUHS
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Andesaurus 15 m (49 ft) long
as long as 9 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- South America
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Andesaurus ( ; “Andes lizard”) is a genus of basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed during the middle of the Cretaceous Period in South America. Like most sauropods, it would have had a small head on the end of a long neck and an equally long tail.
What we know
- Named by Calvo & Bonaparte, 1991.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in South America.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Andesaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.