Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- ah-la-mow-SORE-us
- Name meaning:
- 'Alamo lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 21.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 70-66 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
This is the only Late Cretaceous sauropod that has been found in North America.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia
- Named by:
- Gilmore (1922)
- Type species:
- sanjuanensis
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