High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alamosaurus, is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was a large quadrupedal herbivore, up to 21 metres (69 ft) in length, and around 35 tons in weight. Alamosaurus, like other sauropods, had a long neck and a long tail, which may have ended in a whip-like structure. Contrary to popular assertions, this dinosaur is not named after the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, or the battle that was fought there. The holotype, or original specimen, was discovered in New Mexico and, at the time of its naming, Alamosaurus had not yet been found in Texas. Instead, the name Alamosaurus comes from Ojo Alamo, the former name for the geologic formation in which it was found (that part of the Ojo Alamo Formation has since been reassigned to Kirtland Shale) and which was, in turn, named after the nearby Ojo Alamo trading post.

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