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Alamosaurus
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Alamosaurus was a massive plant-eater (herbivore) that lived in the late
Cretaceous period,
between about 70 and 65 million years ago, in North America - in the region that
is today the southwestern part of the United States.
Alamosaurus was usually around 69 feet (21 meters) long, and probably weighed around 33 tons.
The first
fossils
of Alamosaurus were found by Charles W. Gilmore in
1922.
He found a pelvic bone ("ischium") and a shoulder bone ("scapula"). Later in
1946,
Gilmore discovered further
fossils, including
a complete tail, a nearly complete right forelimb, and both pelvic bones ("ischia").
Various other Alamosaurus fossils
have also subsequently been found in the southwestern
US, but no skull material (other than a few teeth)
have yet been found.
Alamosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 70 to 65 million years ago
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Alamosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Alamosaurus:
- Alamosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Alamosaurus" means "Alamo lizard" ("Alamo" refers to the Ojo Alamo Formation, the former name of a geological formation (today known as the "Kirtland Shale") in New Mexico, and does not refer to The Alamo in Texas). The name was chosen by Charles W. Gilmore in 1922.
- Alamosaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Alamosaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Alamosaurus was a Sauropod - a member of a group of related large quadrupedal herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaur with long necks.
- Alamosaurus lived between about 70 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
- Alamosaurus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
- Alamosaurus lived in North America, Many fossils have been found in what is today the Southwestern United States.
- Alamosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Alamosaurus was usually about 69 feet (21 meters) long.
- Alamosaurus weighed an estimated 33 tons.
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alamosaurus, is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was a large quadrupedal herbivore, up to 21 metres (69 ft) in length, and around 35 tons in weight. Alamosaurus, like other sauropods, had a long neck and a long tail, which may have ended in a whip-like structure. Contrary to popular assertions, this dinosaur is not named after the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, or the battle that was fought there. The holotype, or original specimen, was discovered in New Mexico and, at the time of its naming, Alamosaurus had not yet been found in Texas. Instead, the name Alamosaurus comes from Ojo Alamo, the former name for the geologic formation in which it was found (that part of the Ojo Alamo Formation has since been reassigned to Kirtland Shale) and which was, in turn, named after the nearby Ojo Alamo trading post. |
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Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk the earth, and they represent a substantial portion of vertebrate biomass and biodiversity during the Mesozoic Era. The story of sauropod evolution is told in an extensive fossil record of skeletons and footprints that span the globe and 150 million years of earth history. This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive scientific summary of sauropod evolution and paleobiology. The contributors explore sauropod anatomy, detail its variations, and question the myth that life at large size led to evolutionary stagnation and eventual replacement by more "advanced" herbivorous dinosaurs. Chapters address topics such as the evolutionary history and diversity of sauropods; methods for creating three-dimensional reconstructions of their skeletons; questions of sauropod herbivory, tracks, gigantism, locomotion, reproduction, growth rates, and more. This book, together with the recent surge in sauropod discoveries around the world and taxonomic revisions of fragmentary genera, will shed new light on "nature's greatest extravagances." |
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