Tazoudasaurus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tazoudasaurus 11 m (36 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (183–174 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Africa · Gondwana · Morocco
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Tazoudasaurus is a genus of gravisaurian (probably vulcanodontid) sauropod dinosaurs from the late Early Jurassic (Toarcian). It was recovered in the “Toundoute Continental Series” (Azilal Formation), located in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco in North Africa. Along with Patagosaurus, Volkheimeria, Bagualia, and Perijasaurus (perhaps Barapasaurus and Kotasaurus as well), it represents one of the few sauropods named from this stage on Gondwana, as well as the only one from Africa.
What we know
- Named by Allain et al., 2004.
- Body length estimated at about 11 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Africa.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Tazoudasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.