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Massospondylidae

Coloradisaurus

"Los Colorados lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Coloradisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Coloradisaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (213 Mya)
Place
Argentina · Colorado, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Massospondylidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Early sauropodomorphs — bipedal-ish, plant-eaters.

Coloradisaurus (meaning “Los Colorados lizard”) is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Late Triassic period (Norian stage) in what is now La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is known from two specimens collected from the Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin.

What we know

  • Named by Galton, 1990.
  • Fossils found in Argentina and Colorado, USA.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Coloradisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.