Aegyptosaurus baharijensis

†Aegyptosaurus baharijensis was a large titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous (~95 Ma) of Egypt and Niger. Estimated at 15m long and 20,000kg, this quadrupedal herbivore was named by Ernst Stromer in 1932 from the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. Tragically, the original fossil material was destroyed when the Munich museum was bombed in 1944.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Aegyptosaurus baharijensis 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 Early Mesozoic Era

Aegyptosaurus baharijensis lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.