Aragosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0318Villar del Arzobispo Fm., Spain

Aragosaurus

DV-0318

Lived
155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 18 m (59 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Spain
Named by
Sanz et al. 1987

Field notes

About Aragosaurus

Aragosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aragosaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation. It was named by Sanz et al. in 1987.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

150 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Aragosaurus?

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Aragosaurus: about 18 m (59 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Macronaria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, and M.-L. Casanovas, J.-V. Santafé. 1987. Dinosaurios del Cretácico inferior de Galve (Teruel, España) [Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain)]. Estudios Geologicos, Volumen Extraordinario Galve-Tremp