Massospondylidae
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Massospondylidae is a family of early massopod dinosaurs that existed in Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Antarctica during the Late Triassic to the Early Jurassic periods. Several dinos
Adeopapposaurus mognai
Turiasaurus 1
Pelorosaurus 2
Sauroposeidon proteles
Massospondylus
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Massospondylus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of southern Africa. It was described by Richard Owen in 1854 from remains discovered in South Africa, and is thus one of th
Massospondylidae
…of early sauropodomorphs, which was presented by Apaldetti and colleagues in November 2011, found Adeopapposaurus, Coloradisaurus, Glacialisaurus, Massospondylus, Leyesaurus and Lufengosaurus to be massospondylids. This result supports many previous analyses that tested fewer taxa. However, this analysis found…
Neotype skeleton of Massospondylus carinatus
Life restoration of a bipedal adult Massospondylus carinatus
Mounted Massospondylus skeleton cast (NHMUK PV R8171) at the Natural History Museum, London, showing an outdated quadrupedal pose
Mounted skeleton in modern, bipedal pose, Royal Ontario Museum