Everything Dinosaur has commissioned a Lurdusaurus arenatus scale drawing for use in the company’s Lurdusaurus fact sheet. The illustration celebrates the imminent arrival of the new for 2026 PNSO Lurdusaurus figure.
A scale drawing of the robust iguanodont Lurdusaurus arenatus. This herbivorous dinosaur is thought to have measured between seven and nine metres in length. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
The new for 2026 PNSO Bakari the Lurdusaurus model is due to arrive at Everything Dinosaur shortly. Lurdusaurus arenatus was a very large and heavily built iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Niger. Most palaeontologists consider it one of the most robust members of its group. The body was unusually wide and deep, suggesting a barrel-shaped torso and powerful limbs.
The PNSO Bakari the Lurdusaurus dinosaur model.
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Lurdusaurus arenatus
This ornithopod was formally named and described in 1999 (Taquet and Russell). Whilst its size remains open to debate, most size estimates for this taxon range between seven and nine metres. Size estimates are based on the holotype skeleton described by the researchers in 1999. The preserved bones indicate an animal roughly comparable in length to a modern African elephant. Its shortened, sturdy limbs and broad ribcage suggest a slow-moving, quadrupedal herbivore adapted for supporting great body weight. It might have weighed between three and six tonnes.
The genus name derives from the Latin “lurdus” which means heavy and the Greek “sauros” for lizard. The specific name arenatus is Latin for “sandy” because it was found in a desert. The fossil material comes from the famous Elrhaz Formation (Niger).
Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We are preparing a Lurdusaurus arenatus fact sheet. It is coming into stock shortly along with other new PNSO models. Specifically, the Caudipteryx, Taurovenator and Tameryraptor models.”
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