Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
Pronounced:
al-a-Moe-Sore-us
Diet:
Herbivorous (Plant-Eater)
Name Means:
"Alamo Lizard"
Length:
70 Feet (21 meters)
Height:
20 Feet (6 meters)
Weight:
30 tons (27,000 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 70 MYA
Fossil remains for
this Dinosaur have been
found in SouthWestern
United States
A large member of the long-necked
sauropod family, Alamosaurus was one of
the last of these huge plant-eaters to
live in what is now the United States.
It is related to the titanosaurs, which
were common in South America in the
Cretaceous period.
It is an example of the re-introduction
of the sauropods to North America from South
America during the later part of the
Cretaceous. It is the only known North
American sauropod from the Late Cretaceous. |
