- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 5.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 195-180 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
This dinosaur was very similar to Anchisaurus.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda, Anchisauria, Anchisauridae
- Named by:
- Marsh (1891)
- Type species:
- major
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