Pelorosaurus

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Name	Pelorosaurus
Diet	Herbivore
Weight	14,000 kilos
Length	25 meters
Height	12 meters
Period	Early Cretaceous

Pelorosaurus was a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous period, about 140-125 million years ago. The fossils were found in England and Portugal.

It was a large dinosaur with very long necks, long tails, small heads and four thick pillar-shaped legs. It was a herbivorous dinosaur, often with spatulate teeth. It had small heads, huge bodies and most had long tails. It probably fed on soft aquatic vegetation or its teeth were used to nibble or rake leaves from terrestrial vegetation.

Pelorosaurus was estimated to be 24 meters long.

What did Pelorosaurus eat?

Pelorosaurus probably fed on soft aquatic vegetation or its teeth were used to nibble or rake the fronds of terrestrial vegetation.

Where was Pelorosaurus discovered?

The fossils were found in England and Portugal.

What does Pelorosaurus mean?

The name Pelorosaurus means "monstrous lizard".

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References

Owen, R. (1842). "Report on British fossil reptiles, Part II." Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 11: 60-204.
Mantell, G.A. (1850). "On the Pelorosaurus: an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile, whose remains are associated with those of the Iguanodon and other saurians in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 140: 379-390.
Taylor, M.P. and Naish, D. (2007). "An unusual new neosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Beds Group of East Sussex, England." Palaeontology, 50(6): 1547-1564. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00728.x
Quenstedt, F.A., 1852, Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde1st edition. H. Laupp'schen, Tübingen pp. 1-792.

Fun Facts

Pelorosaurus was a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur.
The fossils were found in England and Portugal.
It was a large dinosaur with very long necks and long tails.
It was an herbivorous dinosaur.
It stood on four legs.