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Massospondylidae is a dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
 family of the Infraorder Prosauropoda
Prosauropoda

Prosauropoda or prosauropods were a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic and early Jurassic periods. They were frequently the predominant herbivore in their environment, and quickly reached large size ....
. The Massospondylidae were part of the suborder Sauropodomorpha
Sauropodomorpha

The Sauropodomorpha were a group of long-necked, herbivore dinosaurs that eventually dropped down on quadruped and became the largest animals that ever terrestrial animal....
, which were long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. Massospondylidae may include Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus

'Coloradisaurus' was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic. It was a prosauropod which lived in present-day Argentina. The type species, C....
, Glacialisaurus
Glacialisaurus

'Glacialisaurus' is a genus of early Sauropodomorpha dinosaur from the early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica. First described by Nathan Smith and Diego Pol in 2007, the type species, G....
, Lufengosaurus
Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus, , was a prosauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early and Middle Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China. At about 6 metres long, it was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China; a commemorative postage stamp was issued in 1958 to celebrate the event....
, Massospondylus
Massospondylus

Massospondylus The type species, and only universally recognized, species, is M. carinatus, although six other species have been named during the past 150 years....
, Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus

Yunnanosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early to Middle Jurassic Period, a position in time that makes it one of the last prosauropods....
, and Jingshanosaurus
Jingshanosaurus

Jingshanosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic. Its fossils, a nearly complete skeleton including the skull, were found near the town of Jingshan ["Golden Hill"], Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China, from which the name derives....
; recent phylogenetic analyses have found a core of Coloradisaurus, Lufengosaurus and Massospondylus, potentially with recently described Glacialisaurus.

Basal sauropodomorph phylogeny simplified after Yates, 2007.






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Massospondylidae is a dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
 family of the Infraorder Prosauropoda
Prosauropoda

Prosauropoda or prosauropods were a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic and early Jurassic periods. They were frequently the predominant herbivore in their environment, and quickly reached large size ....
. The Massospondylidae were part of the suborder Sauropodomorpha
Sauropodomorpha

The Sauropodomorpha were a group of long-necked, herbivore dinosaurs that eventually dropped down on quadruped and became the largest animals that ever terrestrial animal....
, which were long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. Massospondylidae may include Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus

'Coloradisaurus' was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic. It was a prosauropod which lived in present-day Argentina. The type species, C....
, Glacialisaurus
Glacialisaurus

'Glacialisaurus' is a genus of early Sauropodomorpha dinosaur from the early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica. First described by Nathan Smith and Diego Pol in 2007, the type species, G....
, Lufengosaurus
Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus, , was a prosauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early and Middle Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China. At about 6 metres long, it was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China; a commemorative postage stamp was issued in 1958 to celebrate the event....
, Massospondylus
Massospondylus

Massospondylus The type species, and only universally recognized, species, is M. carinatus, although six other species have been named during the past 150 years....
, Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus

Yunnanosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early to Middle Jurassic Period, a position in time that makes it one of the last prosauropods....
, and Jingshanosaurus
Jingshanosaurus

Jingshanosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic. Its fossils, a nearly complete skeleton including the skull, were found near the town of Jingshan ["Golden Hill"], Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China, from which the name derives....
; recent phylogenetic analyses have found a core of Coloradisaurus, Lufengosaurus and Massospondylus, potentially with recently described Glacialisaurus.

Basal sauropodomorph phylogeny simplified after Yates, 2007. In this review, the Massospondylidae consist of Massospondylus, Lufengosaurus and Coloradisaurus.


See also

  • Prosauropoda
    Prosauropoda

    Prosauropoda or prosauropods were a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic and early Jurassic periods. They were frequently the predominant herbivore in their environment, and quickly reached large size ....
  • Sauropodomorph


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