Melanorosaurus

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Melanorosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic ~216.5–201 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of M. readi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Family:	†Melanorosauridae
Genus:	†Melanorosaurus Haughton, 1924
Type species
†Melanorosaurus readi Haughton, 1924

Melanorosaurus (meaning "Black Mountain Lizard", from the Greek melas/μέλας, "black", oros/ὄρος, "mountain" + sauros/σαῦρος, "lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. An omnivore^[1] from South Africa, it had a large body and sturdy limbs, suggesting it moved quadrupedally. Its limb bones were massive and heavy like the limb bones of true sauropods.