Coloradisaurus

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Name	Coloradisaurus
Diet	Omnivore
Weight	100 kilos
Length	4 meters
Height	2 meters
Period	Late Triassic

Coloradisaurus was a genus of masospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic period in the present-day province of La Rioja, Argentina. The name means "Lagartija de los Colorados", after the Los Colorados Formation.

It was a large animal, but not as large as other sauropods such as Supersaurus. It had a long neck and tail. It could move on all fours, but it could also walk on its two hind legs. It was a herbivorous dinosaur that fed mainly on conifers, gingkos, seed ferns, cycads, bennettitalean, ferns, clubmosses and horsetails or fed mainly on the leaves of tall trees due to its elongated neck.

It is estimated that Coloradisaurus was about 4 meters long and weighed 100 kilograms.

What did Coloradisaurus eat?

It was a herbivorous dinosaur that fed mainly on conifers, gingkos, seed ferns, cycads, bennettitalean, ferns, clubmosses and horsetails or fed mainly on the leaves of tall trees due to its elongated neck.

What does Coloradisaurus mean?

The name means "Lizard of Los Colorados", due to the formation of Los Colorados.

When did Coloradisaurus live?

Coloradisaurus was a genus of masospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic in the present-day province of La Rioja, Argentina.

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References

Pol, D. and Powell, J. E. 2006. Postcranial remains of Coloradisaurus brevis Bonaparte (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Los Colorados Formation. XXII Jornadas argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, San Juan, 22-24 May 2006, Ameghiniana, 43, 4 Suppl., 52R.
Apaldetti, C., Diego Pol, D., and A. Yates. 2012. The postcranial anatomy of Coloradisaurus brevis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Argentina and its phylogenetic implications. Palaeontology (Early View) doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01198.
Galton, P. M. 1984. Diet of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. Lethaia, 18, 105-123.
Arcucci, A. B. and Coria, R. A. 1996. The prosauropods of the Los Colorados Formation. Ameghiniana, XII Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Santa Rosa. La Pampa. May 1996, 33, 4, 459.
Bonaparte, J. F. 1978. Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia Prosauropoda), Plateosauridae dinosaur from the Los Colorados Formation, Upper Triassic of La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 15, 327-332.Bonaparte, J. F. 1978. Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia Prosauropoda), Plateosauridae dinosaur from the Los Colorados Formation, Upper Triassic of La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 15, 327-332.
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Yates, Adam M. (2007). "The first complete skull of the Triassic dinosaur. Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria)." In Barrett, Paul M.; Batten, David J., eds. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77. London: The Palaeontological Assoc. pp. 9-55. ISBN 978-1-4051-6933-2.
Fernando E. Novas; Martin D. Ezcurra; Sankar Chatterjee; T. S. Kutty (2011). "New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101 (3-4): 333-349. doi:10.1017/S1755691011020093.

Fun Facts

Coloradisaurus was a genus of masospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur.
It was a large animal, but not as large as other sauropods such as Supersaurus.
It had a long neck and tail.
It was a herbivore.
It could move on all fours, but it could also walk on its two hind legs.