Pelorosaurus

Pronunciation:
pel-oh-ROW-sore-us
Name meaning:
'monstrous lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
25.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 125 million years ago
Found in:
England,
United Kingdom

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Macronaria, Titanosauriformes
Named by:
Mantell (1850)
Type species:
conybearei

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