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Illustration of the dwarf-sized sauropod dinosaur Magyarosaurus (Romania, Late Cretaceous.)
Like the other sauropods, the Magyarosaurus was a plant eater.
Size comparison of different genera of sauropod dinosaurs in the clade Titanosauria. Titanosaurs lived during the Cretaceous, and came in many sizes. They include the largest animals that ever existed on land, but also some of the smallest of sauropods. The smallest of all Titanosaurs was Magyarosaurus, which measured only 6 meters ( about 20 feet ). 1. Sonidosaurus, 2. Austrosaurus, 3. Hypselosaurus, 4. Venenosaurus, 5. Malawisaurus, 6. Rincosaurus, 7. Bonatitan, 8. Ampelosaurus in smaller size (A) and larger (B), 9. Saltasaurus, 10. Magyarosaurus, 11. Bonitasaura, 12. Gondwanatitan.
The smallest of all Titanosaurs was Magyarosaurus, which measured only 6 meters ( about 20 feet ). 1. Sonidosaurus, 2. Austrosaurus, 3. Hypselosaurus, 4. Venenosaurus, 5. Malawisaurus, 6. Rincosaurus, 7. Bonatitan, 8. Ampelosaurus in smaller size (A) and larger (B), 9. Saltasaurus, 10. Magyarosaurus, 11. Bonitasaura, 12. Gondwanatitan.
Size comparison between the sauropod dinosaur Magyarosaurus and a human. Magyarosaurus is one of the smallest sauropods known to science.
The Magyarosaurus had an unusual size for a sauropod dinosaur. It was the smallest sauropod, with an average height of about six feet.
