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Melanorosaurus
Sauropodomorph dinosaur genus from the Late Triassic period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melanorosaurus (meaning "Black Mountain Lizard", from the Greek melas/μέλας, "black", oros/ὄρος, "mountain" + sauros/σαῦρος, "lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. A omnivore[1] from South Africa, it had a large body and sturdy limbs, suggesting it moved about on all fours. Its limb bones were massive and heavy like the limb bones of true sauropods.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Family: | †Melanorosauridae |
Genus: | †Melanorosaurus Haughton, 1924 |
Type species | |
†Melanorosaurus readi Haughton, 1924 |
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