Barosaurus
"heavy lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Barosaurus Marsh, 1890
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • B. lentus Marsh, 1890
    OTHER SPECIES:
  • B. africanus (E. Fraas, 1908) (originally "Gigantosaurus") "African heavy lizard"

    MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
  • B. affinis Marsh, 1899 [nomen dubium] == B. lentus
  • B. gracilis Janensch, 1961 "gracile heavy lizard" == B. africanus 
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Diplodocimorpha
Diplodocidae

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 20 m to 27 m MASS: 10 tonnes

see also: World Records

TIME

Kimmeridgian to Tithonian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Barosaurus africanus may represent a separate genus (Tornieria).

IMAGES

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BRENDAN SMITH

Photography

 [THUMBNAIL] Barosaurus from beneath

see also: Art Gallery

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