Original: Aegyptosaurus meaning ` Egyptâ s lizard ' , for the country in which it was discovered ( Greek sauros meaning ` lizard ' ) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur believed to have lived in what is now Africa , around 95 million years ago , during the mid - and late-Cretaceous Period ( Albian to Cenomanian stages ) .
Simplified: Aegyptosaurus , meaning '' Egypt 's Lizard '' after the country where it was discovered ( comes from the Greek word sauros , which means ` lizard ' ) , is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in Africa around 95 million years ago , during the Late Cretaceous period .