Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Pronounced:
An - dee - Sore - us
Diet:
Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means:
"Vineyard Lizard"
Length:
135 feet (40 m)
Height:
40 feet (13 m)
Weight:
80 tons (76,000 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 100 million years ago
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
South America
Andesaurus was a
real giant among the
long-necked
(sauropod) dinosaurs
who evolved in South
America during the
Cretaceous.
This giant plant eater is from the same
family (titanosaur), as
Argentinosaurus It weighed as much
as 16 big elephants! Unfortunately, not
enough of this dinosaur has been found to
know exactly how big it was or what it
really looked like. The only thing that
scientists know for sure is that it was
really huge.
The discovery of only partial Andesaurus
remains has made it difficult to classify
this enormous beast. It lived at about the
same time as
Argentinosaurus but there appears
to be enough differentiation to warrant the
establishment of its own genus. |
