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| NAME: | Meaning - Aegyptosaurus means "Egyptian lizard" Pronounced - ee-JIP-tuh-SAWR-us Named By - Ernst Stromer When Named - 1932 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 50 feet (15 m) long Height - ? Weight - 10500 kg |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Middle Cretaceous period, about 99-93 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Egypt, Africa. |
| FOSSILS: | Only a few fossilized bones were found, and they were destroyed in Munich, Germany, during World War 2 (in 1944). |
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Aegyptosaurus was an enormous plant-eating dinosaur that had a long neck, a long tail, and a small head. Its few known fossils were destroyed over half a century ago. |
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