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Aegyptosaurus

 Египтозавр (Aegyptosaurus; букв. «ящер из Египта») — род травоядных динозавров из группы титанозавров, инфраотряда зауроподов, живший в конце мелового периода (альб и сеноман) около 95 миллионов лет назад, на территории нынешней Африки. Окаменелости четвероногого зауропода были найдены в Египте, Нигере и в различных местах пустыни Сахара. Вид описан Штормером в 1932 году. Всего известно около семи скелетов Aegyptosaurus.

 Соотношение костей плечевой кости к бедру - 0,78, локтевой к плечевой - 0,75, голени к бедру - 0,69.

 Всего известно около семи скелетов египтозавра.

 Египтозавры по строению тела очень похожи на гигантских динозавров - представителей титанозавридов - аргентинозавров. Вполне возможно, египтозавры являются потомками аргентонозавров. Это предположение основано также на гипотезе о существовании когда-то «моста» между континентами, по которому некоторые виды древних животных расселялись по всей суше.

 Aegyptosaurus /ˌɪptɵˈsɔrəs/ meaning 'Egypt’s lizard', for the country in which it was discovered (Greek sauros meaning 'lizard') is a genus of sauropod dinosaur believed to have lived in what is now Africa, around 95 million years ago, during the mid- and late-Cretaceous Period (Albian to Cenomanian stages). Like most sauropods, it had a long neck and a small skull. The animal's long tail probably acted as a counterweight to its body mass. Aegyptosaurus was a close relative of Argentinosaurus, a much larger dinosaur found in South America.

 Aegyptosaurus was described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1932. Its fossils have been found in Egypt, Niger and in several different locations in the Sahara Desert. All known examples were discovered before 1939. The fossils were stored together in Munich, but were obliterated when an Allied bombing raid destroyed the museum where they were kept in 1944, during World War II.

 It is possible that Aegyptosaurus was common prey for large predatory dinosaurs, such as Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus.


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