Identity card : Alamosaurus

IDENTITY CARD
Name	Alamosaurus
Length	up to 21 m
Weight	10-40 tons
Age	Late Cretaceous
Distribution	USA

General information

Alamosaurus, which means "Alamo Lizard" was named by the palaeontologist Charles W. Gilmore in 1922. It was named after Alamo in San Antonio (Texas, USA)
Alamosaurus was a large plant-eating dinosaur living in North America at the end of the Cretaceous period.

Pictures

	Picture JS45 © J. Sibbick
	Picture JS62 © J. Sibbick