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Janenschia

Janenschia

Pronunciation:: yan-ensh-ee-ah
Name meaning:: 'named after Janansch'

Janenschia

© Andrey Atuchin

sauropod silhouette

Type of dinosaur:: sauropod
Length:: 20.0m

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Late Jurassic, 154-151 million years ago
Found in:: Tanzania

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria
Named by:: Wild (1991)
Type species:: robusta

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