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Sellosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur that lived in Triassic Europe, 225 mya. It was about 23 feet (7 meters) long, 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and weighed 2,000 pounds (909 kilograms). Like other prosauropods, it had a thumb claw it may have used to defend itself, and reach for food. It physically resembled Plateosaurus, although initially the relationship between these animals was uncertain. A point of contrast between the two genera pertains to the variability in the teeth at the front and back of the jaw. Of the two, Sellosaurus had the highest level of variation.

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  • Sellosaurus
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  • Sellosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur that lived in Triassic Europe, 225 mya. It was about 23 feet (7 meters) long, 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and weighed 2,000 pounds (909 kilograms). Like other prosauropods, it had a thumb claw it may have used to defend itself, and reach for food. It physically resembled Plateosaurus, although initially the relationship between these animals was uncertain. A point of contrast between the two genera pertains to the variability in the teeth at the front and back of the jaw. Of the two, Sellosaurus had the highest level of variation.
  • Real Sellosaurus were plant-eating dinosaurs which lived during the late Triassic period. The genus name Sellosaurus is no longer valid to scientists, and this dinosaur is thought of as a synonym (a subspecies; a slightly different type of animal but not different enough to merit its own genus) of Plateosaurus. Its name means "saddle lizard", after the shape of its vertebrae (backbone).
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  • Animalia
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  • Sellosaurus
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  • Sellosaurus gracilis
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  • *S. gracilis
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  • (von Huene, 1907-08)
  • Sellosaurus
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  • Dinosauria
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  • Sellosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur that lived in Triassic Europe, 225 mya. It was about 23 feet (7 meters) long, 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and weighed 2,000 pounds (909 kilograms). Like other prosauropods, it had a thumb claw it may have used to defend itself, and reach for food. It physically resembled Plateosaurus, although initially the relationship between these animals was uncertain. A point of contrast between the two genera pertains to the variability in the teeth at the front and back of the jaw. Of the two, Sellosaurus had the highest level of variation.
  • Real Sellosaurus were plant-eating dinosaurs which lived during the late Triassic period. The genus name Sellosaurus is no longer valid to scientists, and this dinosaur is thought of as a synonym (a subspecies; a slightly different type of animal but not different enough to merit its own genus) of Plateosaurus. Its name means "saddle lizard", after the shape of its vertebrae (backbone).
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