PRONUNCIATION: |
buh-RAP-puh-SAWR-us |
TRANSLATION: |
Big Leg Lizard |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Herbivore, Quadrupedal |
ORDER: |
Saurischia |
SUBORDER: |
Sauropodomorpha |
INFRAORDER: |
Sauropoda |
MICRO-ORDER: |
n/a |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Vulcanodontidae |
HEIGHT: |
25 feet (7.6 meters) |
LENGTH: |
60 feet (18.3 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
n/a |
PERIOD: |
Early Jurassic |
NOTES: |
Known from parts of over 300 individual specimens found in India yet no skulls have been recovered. Barapasaurus is the oldest known sauropod certain to have been a sauropod, however; Vulcanodon. may be older. While Barapasaurus gathered in herds, as did many sauropods, it differed in that it had comparatively slender legs. |
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