Tazoudasaurus Tazoudasaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tazoudasaurus 11 m (36 ft) long
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- Length
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (183–174 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Africa · Gondwana · Morocco
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.