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Dinosaur genus

Aegyptosaurus

Stromer 1932

Aegyptosaurus is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 143.1–93.9 million years old, in Egypt and Niger.

Also calleden Egypt's lizard
mediummedium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Confidence labels
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Confidence labels are switched off. Facts with low confidence, or where sources disagree, still carry a small dot: tap it for the reason.

At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026
143.1–93.9 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Stromer 1932
highhigh: PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
E. Stromer (1932). Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 11. Sauropoda]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10: 1–21.
highhigh: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Stromer 1932), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Berriasian to Cenomanian, 143.1–93.9 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation143.1–93.9 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
mediummedium: Omnisaura's calculation from 6 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Fossils found in
Egypt
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Niger
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Rock formations
Baharîje
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Echkar
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Irhazer Shales
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
mixedmixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.

Parent group
Titanosauria
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Named after
Egypt
mediummedium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Wikidata. How it was chosen: Wikidata leads.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Family: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Held back: 1 fossil record left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf." or "?").
  • Resting on one source: 4 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): parent group (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); common names (Wikidata); named after (Wikidata).

Size, diet and behaviour aren't covered yet. Omnisaura leaves them out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

?

No. Aegyptosaurus had gone at least 10.3 million years before Tyrannosaurus appears in the fossil record.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

SpinosaurusDeltadromeusBahariasaurusCarcharodontosaurusParalititanSpinostropheus

Same parent group

Other genera in Titanosauria with a full profile.

AbdarainurusAndesaurusArgyrosaurusBaalsaurusBaotianmansaurusBarrosasaurusBorealosaurusChoconsaurusKarongasaurusMalarguesaurusPseudomegaloolithusTeratopodus

Credits

Where this page comes from

  • Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
  • WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
  • OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
  • PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
  • Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

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