Barosaurus
Diplodocid sauropod dinosaur genus from Upper Jurassic Period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barosaurus (/ˌbæroʊˈsɔːrəs/ BARR-oh-SOR-əs) was a giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur closely related to the more familiar Diplodocus. Remains have been found in the Morrison Formation from the Upper Jurassic Period of Utah and South Dakota. It is present in stratigraphic zones 2–5.[1]
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Barosaurus | |
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Mounted skeleton in rearing posture with a juvenile Kaatedocus siberi, American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
Family: | †Diplodocidae |
Genus: | †Barosaurus Marsh, 1890 |
Species: | †B. lentus |
Binomial name | |
†Barosaurus lentus Marsh, 1890 | |
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The composite term Barosaurus comes from the Greek words barys (βαρυς) meaning "heavy" and sauros (σαυρος) meaning "lizard", thus "heavy lizard".