Haestasaurus

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Haestasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (140 Mya)
Place
United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Haestasaurus reconstruction by IJReid
Reconstruction · IJReid (CC-BY)

Haestasaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, belonging to the Macronaria, that during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of present-day England. The only species is Haestasaurus becklesii.

What we know

  • Named by (Mantell, 1852).
  • Fossils found in United Kingdom.

What we guess

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