NAME

Meaning - Aegyptosaurus means “Egyptian lizard”
Pronounced - ee-JIP-tuh-SAWR-us
Named By - Ernst Stromer
When Named - 1932
DIET

Herbivore (plant-eater)
SIZE

Length - 50 feet (15 m) long
Height - ?
Weight - 10500 kg
WHEN IT LIVED

Middle Cretaceous period, about 99-93 million years ago
WHERE IT LIVED

Fossils have been found in Egypt, Africa.
FOSSILS

Only a few fossilized bones were found, and they were destroyed in Munich, Germany, during World War 2 (in 1944).

CLASSIFICATION
  • Kingdom Animalia (animals)
  • Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
  • Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
  • Order Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs
  • Suborder Sauropoda - large, long-necked, quadrupedal herbivores
  • Superfamily Macronaria - sauropods with a nasal crest
  • Family Titanosauria - enormous sauropods with some armor.
  • Genus Aegyptosaurus
  • Species A. baharijensis (type species: Stromer, 1932)
INTERESTING FACTS

Aegyptosaurus was an enormous plant-eating dinosaur that had a long neck, a long tail, and a small head. Its few known fossils were destroyed over half a century ago.