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Alamosaurus

Alamosaurus
Prehistoric image of the Sauropod Dinosaur Alamosaurus
artwork copyright Joe Tucciarone
Alamosaurus:  Thirty million years after sauropod dinosaurs had become extinct in what is now North America, the sauropod Alamosaurus reappeared there. Paleontologists believe their ancestors may have migrated from South America across a new land bridge that joined the two continents.

Name: Alamosaurus ("Alamo lizard") 
Length: 69 feet (21 meters) 
Weight: 30-33 tons 
Time: 74-65 million years ago (Late Cretaceous) 
Place: New Mexico, Texas, Utah 
Diet: plant-eater (herbivore)
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