Aragosaurus was a large, quadrupedal plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaur, which lived during the early Berriasian, about 145-140 million years ago.[2] It was about 18 metres (59 ft) in length and about 25 tonnes in weight.[3]
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 skeleton, 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.
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^Sanz, J.L., Buscalioni, A.D., Casanovas, M.L. y Santafé, J. V. 1987: Dinosaurios del Cretácico Inferior de Galve (Teruel, España). Estudios Geológicos, volumen extraordinario Galve-Tremp: 45-64.
^Artai A. Santos, Uxue Villanueva-Amadoz, Rafael Royo-Torres, Luis Miguel Sender, Alberto Cobos, Luis Alcalá & José B. Diez (2018). Palaeobotanical records associated with the first dinosaur defined in Spain: Palynostratigraphy, taxonomy and palaeoenvironmental remarks. Cretaceous Research (advance online publication). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.023
^Paul, G. S. (2010). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, p. 199
aragosaurus, meaning, aragon, lizard, genus, sauropod, dinosaur, from, early, cretaceous, period, galve, province, teruel, autonomous, territory, aragón, spain, deposited, villar, arzobispo, formation, temporal, range, early, cretaceous, berriasian, preꞒ, nres. Aragosaurus meaning Aragon lizard was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Galve province of Teruel in the autonomous territory of Aragon Spain 1 It was deposited in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation AragosaurusTemporal range Early Cretaceous Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NRestorationScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClade DinosauriaClade SaurischiaClade SauropodomorphaClade SauropodaClade MacronariaGenus AragosaurusSanz et al 1987Species A ischiaticusBinomial name Aragosaurus ischiaticusSanz et al 1987Aragosaurus was a large quadrupedal plant eating herbivorous dinosaur which lived during the early Berriasian about 145 140 million years ago 2 It was about 18 metres 59 ft in length and about 25 tonnes in weight 3 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 skeleton 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 References edit Sanz J L Buscalioni A D Casanovas M L y Santafe J V 1987 Dinosaurios del Cretacico Inferior de Galve Teruel Espana Estudios Geologicos volumen extraordinario Galve Tremp 45 64 Artai A Santos Uxue Villanueva Amadoz Rafael Royo Torres Luis Miguel Sender Alberto Cobos Luis Alcala amp Jose B Diez 2018 Palaeobotanical records associated with the first dinosaur defined in Spain Palynostratigraphy taxonomy and palaeoenvironmental remarks Cretaceous Research advance online publication doi https doi org 10 1016 j cretres 2018 04 023 Paul G S 2010 The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs Princeton University Press p 199 nbsp Dinosaurs portal nbsp This Sauropodomorph related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aragosaurus amp oldid 1165646934, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
