Massospondylus (s {respell|mas-oh|SPON|di-ləs}; from Greek, μάσσων (massōn, `longer`) and σπόνδυλος (spondylos, `vertebra`)) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period (Hettangian to Pliensbachian ages, ca. 200–183 million years ago). It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in S...
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(pronounced mass-oh-SPON-duh-lus) Massospondylus meaning elongated vertebra ) was an herbivorous dinosaur from the early Jurassic period, about 205-194 million years ago. This Plateosaurid sauropodomorph (an early saurischian or lizard-hipped dinosaur) was about 13 feet (4 m) long and 3 feet (1 m) tall. Massospondylus was named by paleontologist Ri...
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Massospondylus was a dinosaur of the Triassic period. One of the earliest dinosaurs it was a herbivore - indicated by the presence of small stones in the stomach, used for helping to grind tough vegetation for digestion - with a large bulky body and a tiny head. It grew to about six metres long. It had a strange thumb claw which could have been use...
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