- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 4.0m
- Weight:
- 70kg
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- Teeth:
- rounded front teeth, flat back teeth
- Food:
- tough plant material
- How it moved:
- on 2 or 4 legs
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 208-204 million years ago
- Found in:
- Lesotho,
- South Africa,
- Zimbabwe
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda, Plateosauria, Plateosauridae
- Named by:
- Owen (1854)
- Type species:
- carinatus
