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Tornieria logo #21000 Tornieria (`for Tornier`) is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic of Tanzania. It has a convoluted taxonomic history. ==Discovery and naming== In 1907, German paleontologist Eberhard Fraas who was working the Tendaguru Beds in German East Africa (presently Tanzania), discovered two sauropod specimens at a single site (`Qua......
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Tornieria

Tornieria logo #20023Tornieria is an invalid name for Barosaurus, a diplodocid sauropod (a long-necked, long-tailed, small-headed, short-legged giant). It was an herbivore, a plant-eater. It was huge, perhaps over 60 feet (20 m) long, and was slow-moving. Its primary defense against predators was its size. Barosaurus lived during the late Jurassic period , about 156 to...
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