Epachthosaurus
Epachthosaurus sciuttoi
Pronounced:
ee-Pack-thoe-Sore-us
Diet:
Herbivore
(plant-eater)
Name
Means:
"Heavy Lizard"
Length:
50-66 ft. (up to
20m)
Height:
16-22 ft. (up to 7
m)
Weight:
unknown
Time:
Middle cretaceous -
95 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in South America
Epachthosaurus is one of the giant titanosaurs of South America. These huge plant-eaters, the last of the long-necked sauropod dinosaurs, spread from South America through the rest of the world in the last part of the Cretaceous period.
Unlike the other
titanosaurs,
Epachthosaurus appears
to have lacked dermal
plates. Very little
material is known from
this dinosaur, primarily
vertebrae and parts of
the hip. |
