Outline: a typical sauropod
Mansourasaurus
"Mansoura lizard"
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Egypt
- Named by
- Sallam et al. 2018
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Mansourasaurus
What it was like
Mansourasaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater. It is known from part of a skull and skeleton, which is rare for dinosaurs from this time in Africa.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Egypt. Very few dinosaurs are known from Africa in this part of the Cretaceous. Mansourasaurus looks closely related to titanosaurs from Europe, which suggests animals could still move between the two.
How it was found
Sallam and colleagues named Mansourasaurus in 2018. The name comes from the university whose team found it.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Diamantinasauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: H. M. Sallam, E. Gorscak, and P. M. O.'Connor, I. A. El-Dawoudi, S. El-Sayed, S. Saber, M. A. Kora, J. J. W. Sertich, E. R. Seiffert, M. C. Lamanna. 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(3):445-451