Aegyptosaurus

†Aegyptosaurus is a large titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous (~95 Ma) of North Africa. A massive quadrupedal herbivore, it inhabited the same ecosystem as the predator †Carcharodontosaurus and the spinosaurid †Spinosaurus in what is now Egypt and Niger. The original specimens were destroyed in WWII bombing of Munich in 1944.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Aegyptosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Aegyptosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.