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Mussaurus
Mussaurus
- Pronunciation:
- moos-SORE-us
- Name meaning:
- 'mouse lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 3.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Triassic, 221-210 million years ago
- Found in:
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda, Plateosauria, Plateosauridae
- Named by:
- Bonaparte and Vince (1979)
- Type species:
- patagonicus
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