Normanniasaurus nɔːr-MANEEUH-sorruhs

"lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Normanniasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (113–107 Mya)
Place
France
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Normanniasaurus ( Normannia lizard) is an extinct genus of basal titanosaur sauropod known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) Poudingue Ferrugineux of Seine-Maritime, northwestern France.

What we know

  • Named by Le Loeuff, Suteethorn & Buffetaut, 2013.
  • Fossils found in France.

What we guess

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