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 Massospondylus 

 Meaning: massive vertebrae 

 Pronounced: mass-oh-SPON-di-luss 


 
How Massospondylus may have looked.

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Length: up to 4 m

Diet: omnivorous


Period: Lower Jurassic

Ages: Norian

Time span: 208-204 Ma


Found in: Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe

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