Pulanesaura eocollum Pulanesaura

"lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Pulanesaura 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (200 Mya)
Place
Africa · South Africa
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Pulanesaura is an extinct genus of basal sauropodiform known from the Early Jurassic (late Hettangian to Sinemurian) Upper Elliot Formation of the Free State, South Africa. It contains a single species, Pulanesaura eocollum, known from partial remains of at least two subadult to adult individuals.

What we know

  • Named by McPhee et al., 2015.
  • Fossils found in Africa and South Africa.