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Barosaurus

Barosaurus (/ˌbæroʊˈsɔːrəs/ BARR-oh-SOR-əs) ("heavy lizard") is a genus of large sauropod dinosaur that lived in present-day North America during the Late Jurassic period. It was described by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1890. The genus contains a single valid species, B. lentus, though the African species B. africanus has since been…

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related to history · 23
Barosaurus → Although Marsh, Atlantosauridae, Barysaurus, Classical Greek, Ellerman, George Reber Wieland, In, Isabella, John Bell Hatcher, Marsh, Marsh's, Morrison Formation, Ms, Ms Rachel Hatch, Only, Othniel Charles Marsh, Postville, South Dakota, The, These
related to Misidentified discoveries in Africa · 23
Barosaurus → Both, Diplodocus, Eberhard Fraas, England, German, German East Africa, Gigantosaurus, He, However, In, It, Janenschia, Kadsi Formation, Meanwhile, North America, North American, Tanzania, Tendaguru Beds, The African, Tornieria
related to Paleoecology · 23
Barosaurus → Arctic Ocean, Canada, CO2, Colorado, Due, Great Plains, Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic, Late Jurassic Period, Morrison, Morrison Formation, Nevadan, North America, One, Radiometric, Rocky Mountains, Sundance Sea, The, The Morrison Formation, Tithonian
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Barosaurus → American, Apatosaurus, CM, DINO, Dinosaur National Monument, Diplodocus, Howe Quarry, However, In, It, Keegan, Melstrom, Related, Sauropod, The, Tschopp
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Barosaurus → Books, In Carpenter, Indiana University Press, ISBN, Kenneth, Marsh, McIntosh, The Genus Barosaurus, The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs, Thunder Lizards, Tidswell, Virginia
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Barosaurus → Below, Benson, Diplodocidae, Diplodocids, Diplodocinae, Diplodocines, Diplodocus, Mateus, Tschopp
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Barosaurus → member of the family Diplodocidae, source of much controversy among scientists

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Kent Stevens have used this to argue that sauropods including Barosaurus did not raise their heads much above shoulder levelinstance ofand scientists0.80text
Camarasaurusinstance ofled to a semi-arid climate with only seasonal rainfall.The Morrison Formation records an environment and time dominated by gigantic sauropod dinosaurs0.80text
Diplodocusinstance ofled to a semi-arid climate with only seasonal rainfall.The Morrison Formation records an environment and time dominated by gigantic sauropod dinosaurs0.80text
Apatosaurusinstance ofled to a semi-arid climate with only seasonal rainfall.The Morrison Formation records an environment and time dominated by gigantic sauropod dinosaurs0.80text
Brachiosaurusinstance ofled to a semi-arid climate with only seasonal rainfall.The Morrison Formation records an environment and time dominated by gigantic sauropod dinosaurs0.80text
docodontsinstance ofEarly mammals were present0.80text
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symmetrodontsinstance ofEarly mammals were present0.80text
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the Araucaria-like conifer Brachyphylluminstance ofto fern savannas with occasional trees0.80text

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