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 Europasaurus 

 Meaning: Europe lizard 

 Pronounced: yoo-roh-pah-sore-us 


 
How Europasaurus may have looked. Gerhard Boeggemann larger version

Taxonomy:

Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Europasaurus

Named by: Sander, Mateus, Laven and Knötschke (2006)

Type species: holgeri


Length: up to 6.2 m

Diet: herbivorous


Period: Upper Jurassic

Ages: Kimmeridgian

Time span: 154-151 Ma


Found in: Germany

Locality: Niedersachsen

Europasaurus scale

Notes: A dwarf sauropod - but still up to around 6 m (20 feet) long.

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