Describer

Marsh, 1890

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian (?Cretaceous Early ?Cretaceous Late ?Aptian Albian Cenomanian)

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Diplodocinae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Morrison Formation, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, US; Tendaguru Beds, Mkoa wa Mtwara, Tanzania; (?Dakota Formation, Utah, US; ??Aptian Albian Cenomanian)

Fall Under

Barosaurus

Length

27 meter

Info

Typespecies

Barosaurus (Marsh, 1890) = ?Gigantosaurus (Fraas, 1908 / Seeley, 1869) Barosaurus > Barosaurus lentus (Marsh, 1890) >> Barosaurus affinis (Marsh, 1899) Barosaurus > Barosaurus africanus (Fraas, 1908) >> Gigantosaurus africanus (Fraas, 1908) Barosaurus > Barosaurus gracilis (Janensch, 1961)

5 partial skeletons without skulls, isolated limb elements.