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Wamweracaudia

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Wamweracaudia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Wamweracaudia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (155–145 Mya)
Place
Africa · Tanzania
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Mamenchisauridae

Wamweracaudia is a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (155-145 million years ago) Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, Africa.

What we know

  • Named by Mannion et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Africa and Tanzania.

What we guess

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