Outline: a typical early sauropodomorph
Adeopapposaurus
"far eating lizard"
- Lived
- 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez 2009
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
190 million years ago
Field notes
About Adeopapposaurus
What it was like
Adeopapposaurus was a plant eater from the long-necked line that later produced the giant sauropods. It had a long neck, which gave it its name, and was similar to Massospondylus.
Its jaws may have had a horny beak at the front.
Its world
It lived in the Early Jurassic in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Cañon del Colorado Formation.
How it was found
Martínez named Adeopapposaurus in 2009. Several partial skeletons are known, some with skulls.
Close relatives
Other members of Massospondylidae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164