Narindasaurus thevenini Narindasaurus
"Narinda Bay lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Narindasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (168–165 Mya)
- Place
- Madagascar
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Narindasaurus (meaning “Narinda Bay lizard”) is a genus of turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Isalo III Formation of Madagascar. The type and only species is Narindasaurus thevenini. The only known specimen of the genus was first described in 1907, but it was not formally named as a distinct species until 2020.
What we know
- Named by Royo-Torres et al., 2020.
- Fossils found in Madagascar.