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Melanorosaurus

Melanorosaurus (meaning "Black Mountain Lizard", from the Greek melas/μέλας, "black", oros/ὄρος, "mountain" + sauros/σαῦρος, "lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. An omnivore from South Africa, it had a large body and sturdy limbs, suggesting it moved quadrupedally. Its limb bones were massive…

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Type specimensSyntypesSidney H. HaughtonElliot FormationNorian
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ProsauropodSauropodaSaltasaurus
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Avg. degree1.94
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related to Discovery and species · 22
Melanorosaurus → Black Mountain, Haughton, However, In, Nevertheless, NM QR1551, NM QR3314, NMQR, Norian, Nyama, Peter Galton, SAM-PK-3449, SAM-PK-3450, SAM-PK-3532, Sidney, South Africa, Thaba, The, They, Transkei
related to Bibliography · 13
Melanorosaurus → Galton PM, In Carpenter, Indiana University Press, ISBN, Kenneth, Postcranial Anatomy, Referred Specimens, The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs, Thunder Lizards, Tidswell, Van Heerden, Virginia, Yates AM
related to Classification · 11
Melanorosaurus → According, Adam Yates, However, Massopoda, Oliver, Prosauropoda, Rauhut, Saltasaurus, Sauropoda, The, This
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Melanorosaurus → early sauropod
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genus sauropodomorph lectotype however referred triassic sauropoda haughton classification skull sam-pk-3449 elliot material black mountain south africa bones species femur

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Melanorosaurusis aearly sauropod0.90text
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyGalton PM0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyVan Heerden0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyYates AM0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyPostcranial Anatomy0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyReferred Specimens0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyIn Carpenter0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyKenneth0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyTidswell0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyVirginia0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyThunder Lizards0.60section
Melanorosaurusrelated to BibliographyThe Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs0.60section

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