Melanorosaurus

DV-0123 · type species Melanorosaurus readi

Lived: 227 to 193 million years ago, Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Length: about 12 m (39 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: South Africa and Lesotho
Named by: Haughton 1924

Field notes

About Melanorosaurus

Melanorosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, 227 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Melanorosaurus, from South Africa and Lesotho. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Haughton in 1924.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

5 finds

210 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Melanorosaurus?

Melanorosaurus: about 12 m (39 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497