ملانوروسور
Sign in to saveMelanorosaurus (meaning "Black Mountain Lizard", from the Greek melas/, "black", oros/, "mountain" + /, "lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. An omnivore from South Africa, it had a large body and sturdy limbs, suggesting it moved quadrupedally. Its limb bones were massive and heavy like the limb bones of true sauropods.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Melanorosauridae
- Image
- Melanorosaurus readi steveoc.jpg
- Length
- 12.0
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- end time
- 201000000-
- taxon rank
- genus
- location of discovery
- South Africa
- taxon name
- Melanorosaurus
- Commons category
- Melanorosaurus
- taxon common name
- 黑丘龍
- start time
- 216500000-
- time period
- Late Triassic
- main food source
- omnivore
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