Aragosaurus
Sign in to saveAragosaurus (meaning "Aragon lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Galve, province of Teruel, in the autonomous territory of Aragón, Spain. It was deposited in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Macronaria
- Image
- Aragosaurus LM.png
- Length
- 18.0
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Aragosaurus
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Spain
- main food source
- herbivore
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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 Aragón, Spain. It was deposited in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation.
thumb|left|Models of Aragosaurus and Torvosaurus, [[Dinópolis]] Aragosaurus was a large, quadrupedal plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaur, which lived during the early Berriasian, about 145-140 million years ago. It was about in length and about 25 tonnes in weight.
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