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Meaning of Alamosaurus in English:

Alamosaurus

noun

  • A genus of very large sauropod dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous period, known from fossils in south-western North America; a dinosaur of this genus.

Origin

1920s. From scientific Latin Alamosaurus, genus name from the name of the Ojo AlamoFormation, a sandstone formation in New Mexico, in which fossils were discovered + scientific Latin -saurus.

Pronunciation

Alamosaurus

/ˌaləməʊˈsɔːrəs/