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Massospondylidae

Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sarahsaurus 4 m (13.1 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Sarahsaurus
Length
4 m (13.1 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (199.3–182.7 Mya)
Place
North America · United States
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Massospondylidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Early sauropodomorphs — bipedal-ish, plant-eaters.
Sarahsaurus reconstruction by Brian Engh. Published by Adam D. Marsh, Timothy B. Rowe.
Reconstruction · Brian Engh. Published by Adam D. Marsh, Timothy B. Rowe. (CC-BY)

Sarahsaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now northeastern Arizona, United States.

What we know

  • Named by Rowe, Sues & Reisz, 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 4 m.
  • Fossils found in North America and United States.

What we guess

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