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Sauropodidae

Sauropus sau-RO-pu

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sauropus 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 Sauropus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (227.3–192.9 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Sauropodidae

Sauropus is a sauropodidae known from the Triassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Hitchcock 1845.