Aegyptosaurus

Say it ee-JIP-toe-SORE-us. The name means ‘Egyptian lizard’.

Aegyptosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 15 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Cretaceous98 to 93 million years ago
Fossils found in: Egypt
Named by: Stromer (1932)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria

Where Aegyptosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Paralititan Late Cretaceous
Patagotitan Early Cretaceous
Argentinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Sonidosaurus Late Cretaceous
Quaesitosaurus Late Cretaceous
Antarctosaurus Late Cretaceous
Austrosaurus Early Cretaceous
Chubutisaurus Early Cretaceous

Source: Aegyptosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.