Mansourasaurus
Field photograph to come
Mansourasaurus
DV-1031
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Egypt
- Named by
- Sallam et al. 2018
Field notes
About Mansourasaurus
Mansourasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mansourasaurus, from Egypt. Its fossils come from the Quseir Formation. It was named by Sallam et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diamantinasauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. M. Sallam, E. Gorscak, and P. M. O.'Connor, I. A. El-Dawoudi, S. El-Sayed, S. Saber, M. A. Kora, J. J. W. Sertich, E. R. Seiffert, M. C. Lamanna. 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(3):445-451