Genus
Valid Extinct

Mansourasaurus

Sallam et al. 2018

Mansourasaurus is a genus of herbivorous lithostrotian sauropod dinosaur from the Quseir Formation of Egypt. The type and only species is Mansourasaurus shahinae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Mansourasaurus
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Restoration of Mansourasaurus shahinae. © Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com http://spinops.blogspot.com/ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Diamantinasauria Unranked clade
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Mansourasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇬 Egypt
1
Geological formations
Quseir
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Mansourasaurus shahinae 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. M. Sallam, E. Gorscak, and P. M. O.'Connor, I. A. El-Dawoudi, S. El-Sayed, S. Saber, M. A. Kora, J. J. W. Sertich, E. R. Seiffert, M. C. Lamanna. 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(3):445-451 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. M. Sallam, E. Gorscak, and P. M. O.'Connor, I. A. El-Dawoudi, S. El-Sayed, S. Saber, M. A. Kora, J. J. W. Sertich, E. R. Seiffert, M. C. Lamanna. 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(3):445-451 DOI ↗