Mansourasaurus

Mansourasaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74–72 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Genus: Mansourasaurus
Sallam et al., 2018
Type species
Mansourasaurus shahinae
Sallam et al., 2018
Mansourasaurus is located in Egypt
Mansourasaurus
Dakhla Oasis, Egypt, where the first Mansourasaurus was discovered

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

The discovery of Mansourasaurus was considered quite significant by paleontologists, because very few Late Cretaceous sauropod remains have been found in Africa, where the rocky strata that preserve remains elsewhere and produce rich fossil beds were typically not found exposed at or near ground level.