Aegyptosaurus Dinosaur ("Egyptian Lizard")
is a variety of dinosaur
believed to have lived in Africa around 95 million
years ago, during the mid- and late-Cretaceous
period.
This quadrupedal sauropod was an herbivore and its fossils have been originated in Egypt, Niger and in several
different locations in the Sahara Desert. All known examples were
discovered before 1939. The fossils were stored jointly in Munich,
but were obliterated when a bombing raid destroyed the museum where
they were kept in 1944, during World War II.
Aegyptosaurus Dinosaur weighed roughly 10.5 tones (11.5
tons), was 50 feet long, and was over 16
feet tall. It had a neck of over average length and a small skull. The animal's long tail probably acted as a counterweight to its body mass.
Aegyptosaurus Dinosaur was a close absolute of Argentinosaurus,
a larger dinosaur found in South America. It compulsory
that it may have evolved from its South American relative
after crossing the ancient land bridge between Africa and
South America.
Aegyptosaurus facts:
Name:
Aegyptosaurus Dinosaur ("Egyptian Lizard")
Size:
50 feet long and 16 feet tall.
Main Facts:
It's weighed roughly 10.5 tones and its long tail acted as a counterweight to its body mass.
Rich resources:
The Lost Dinosaur Of Egypt Author:William E. Nothdurft Publications:2003 Description:Discusses about Aegyptosaurus named by Stromer from the Bahariya Formation. Though Aegyptosaurus was mid-sized, approximately fortyfive feet in length or the size of a small house.
Most of the dinosaurs ate plants. A rock that contains dinosaur bones also contains fossil pollen and spores that indicates many types of plants existed during the Mesozoic Era. Many of these plants had edible leaves, including evergreen conifers, ferns, mosses, horsetail rushes etc.
