Mansourasaurus

Mansoura (University) lizard

• Mansoura · Arabic (place name) · Mansoura, the Egyptian city and university (Arabic for 'the victorious')
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name honours Mansoura University in Egypt, whose Vertebrate Paleontology Center led the team that found and described the fossils. It joins the name of the city of Mansoura (Arabic for "the victorious") to the Greek word for "lizard". The type species is Mansourasaurus shahinae.

Named by

Sallam et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Quseir Formation, Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

A titanosaurian sauropod. It is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of Africa. It shows close affinities to European titanosaurs.