- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 12.0m
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Triassic, 227-221 million years ago
- Found in:
- South Africa
Melanorosaurus is a very early sauropod.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda, Anchisauria, Melanorosauridae
- Named by:
- Haughton (1924)
- Type species:
- readi
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