Aragosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Aragosaurus"


image_width=240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Camarasauridae
genus = "Aragosaurus"
species = "A. ischiaticus"
binomial = "Aragosaurus ischiaticus"
binomial_authority = Sanz "et al.", 1987

"Aragosaurus" (meaning "Aragon lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Galve, Teruel, in the province of Aragón, Spain.

"Aragosaurus" was a large, quadrupedal plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaur, which lived about 130-120 million years ago, in the Hauterivian-Barremian. It was about 60 ft (18 m) in length and about 28000 kg in weight.

Like other sauropods, it had a long neck, a long powerful tail, a small head and a bulky body. It was broadly similar to "Camarasaurus". It is represented by a partial fossil, which was found in Spain and was named by Sanz, Buscalioni, Casanovi and Santafe in 1987. The type species is "A. ischiaticus". Like "Camarasaurus", "Aragosaurus" probably had a short, compact skull and a moderately long neck. The teeth were large and wide, and would have been useful for slicing through the leaves and branches of tall conifer trees. The forelimbs were only a little shorter than the hind limbs, and the tail was long and muscular.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a7b70d.htm "Aragosaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair