Mussaurus

DV-0253 · type species Mussaurus patagonicus

Lived: 200 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 3 m (10 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Bonaparte and Vince 1979

Field notes

About Mussaurus

Mussaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Mussaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Laguna Colorada Formation. It was named by Bonaparte and Vince in 1979.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Mussaurus?

Mussaurus: about 3 m (10 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triasico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina [The discovery of the first nest of Triassic dinosaurs (Saurischia, Prosauropoda,) from the Upper Triassic of Patagonia, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 16(1-2):173-182