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Aegyptosaurus
''Aegyptosaurus'' 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.〔Stromer, E. (1932a). Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge, 10: 1-21.〕 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''.
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