Jobaria

Pronunciation:
joh-bahr-ee-uh
Name meaning:
'Jobar (mythical animal)'
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
21.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 132-94 million years ago
Found in:
Niger

Jobaria is known from a skull and several skeletons.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria
Named by:
Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Larsson, Lyon, Moussa, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, Wilson and Wilson (1999)
Type species:
tiguidensis