Algoasaurus
Algoasaurus bauri
Pronounced: Al - go - uh -
Sore - us
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Algoa Lizard"
Length: 30 feet (9 m)
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Time: Late Jurassic - 150 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Africa
Algoasaurus was a small African member of the long-necked
sauropod family. Discovered in a rock quarry in 1903, the
workman didn't realize the importance of the find and they
destroyed the fossils and used most of them to make bricks!
The few bones that were saved showed that this dinosaur
might be related to
Apatosaurus or maybe the huge
Argentinosaurus
Algoasaurus has never officially been described. Its location
in South Africa suggests that it may be related to the
titanosaurs, but bone similarities seem to place it closer to
the diplodocids. |
