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Supersaurus
Supersaurus
- Pronunciation:
- sue-per-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'super lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 35.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 154-142 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
Known only from certain bones, including vertebrae (backbones).
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocidae
- Named by:
- Jansen (1985)
- Type species:
- vivianae
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