Macronaria
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Macronaria is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs. Macronarians are named after the large diameter of the nasal opening of their skull, known as the external naris, which exceeded the size of the orbit, the skull opening where the eye is located (hence macro- meaning large, and –naria meaning nose). Fossil evidence suggests that macronarian dinosaurs lived from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) through the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). Macronarians have been found globally, including discoveries in Argentina, the United States, Portugal, China, and Tanzania. Like other sauropods, they are known to
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Neosauropoda
- Image
- Macronaria scrubbed enh.jpg
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- taxon name
- Macronaria
- taxon rank
- clade
- Commons category
- Macronaria
- topic's main category
- Category:Macronarians
- start time
- 174000000-
- end time
- 66000000-0
- IPA transcription
- ˌmækɹəˈnɛɹi.ə
- temporal range start
- Middle Jurassic
- temporal range end
- Late Cretaceous
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Article · Italiano
Con il termine Macronaria si indica un gruppo di dinosauri sauropodi dalle caratteristiche piuttosto evolute, apparsi nel Giurassico ma diversificatisi nel corso del Cretaceo.
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