Hypselosaurus (egg fragment)

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Hypselosaurus (egg fragment)

Entry/Object ID

2011.57.46

Description

Description: Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Family:Titanosauridae Common Name: Hypselosaurus (egg fragment) Age: Late Cretaceous Location: Aix-en Province, France Description: Very small fragment, thin, flat, and irregular outer shape. Somewhat porus. Pinkish-gray in color. Physical Characteristics: Hypselosaurus (meaning 'highest lizard', from Greek ?????? meaning 'high' or 'lofty' and sa???? meaning 'lizard') was a 27-foot (8.2 m) long titanosaurid sauropod that lived in Europe during the Late Cretaceous Period (Maastrichtian stage, around 70 to 65 million years ago).Hypselosaurus was scientifically described by geologist Pierre Émile Philippe Matheron in 1846[1] and formally named in 1869,[2] on the basis of fragmentary remains from the Late Cretaceous of the Provence region of France.[3] Matheron thought the animal was a gigantic crocodile.The legs of Hypselosaurus were proportionally robust. Eggs attributed to it by Matheron and Paul Gervais have been found in France since 1846, and were the earliest dinosaur eggs actually discovered, although they were not recognized as being dinosaurian for several decades. The eggs are unusually large; measuring at around 1-foot (0.30 m) in length. Age determination studies performed on the fossilized remains have been inconclusive, with results ranging from a few decades to several hundred years.[4] Family: Titanosauridae Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Class: Sauropsida Phylum: Chordata

Collection

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition

Accession

2011.57

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Dimensions

Width

7/8 in

Depth

1/8 in

Length

7/8 in

Location

Location

Container

Right

Drawer

3rd Shelf

Shelf

Right

Cabinet

Case # 50

Wall

North

Room

Delmar Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent