Chimaera chi-MAE-ra

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chimaera 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (201.4–3.6 Mya)
Place
Unknown locality
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Sauropodidae

Chimaera is a sauropodidae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Linnaeus 1758.