Barosaurus
Barosaurus lentus
Barosaurus ( BARR-oh-SOR-əs) is an extinct genus of giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur closely related to the more familiar Diplodocus. Definitive remains have been found in the Morrison Formation from the Upper Jurassic Period of South Dakota, Utah and Montana, with other possible remains also found in Colorado, eastern Wyoming and Oklahoma. The generic name, Barosaurus, comes from the Greek words barys (βαρυς) meaning "heavy" and sauros (σαυρος) meaning "lizard", and thus meaning "heavy lizard".
- Family
- Diplodocidae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Jurassic (150 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 27.0 m
- Weight
- 20 t
- Type locality
- South Dakota, USA
- Holotype
- YPM 429
- PBDB
- txn:38666