Magyarosaurus dacus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Magyarosaurus 2.8 m (9.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 2.8 m (9.3 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Magyarosaurus (“Hungarian lizard”) is a genus of dwarf sauropod dinosaur from late Cretaceous Period (early to late Maastrichtian) in today’s Transylvania. It is one of the smallest-known adult sauropods, measuring less than 3 m long and weighing less than 1000 kg. The type and only species is Magyarosaurus dacus. It has been found to be a close relative of Rapetosaurus in the family Saltasauridae in the sauropod clade Titanosauria in a 2005 study.
What we know
- Named by (Nopcsa, 1915)[originally Titanosaurus dacus].
- Body length estimated at about 2.82 m.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Magyarosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.