Bothriospondylus
Bothriospondylus suffosus
Pronounced: Both-ree-o-spon-Die-lus
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Furrow Vertebrae"
Length: 66 feet (20m)
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Time: Late Jurassic - 162 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in U.K., Madagascar
Bothriospondylus was a huge plant-eater related to Brachiosaurus.
It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1875 and he based his description on
a few backbones. Like Brachiosaurus, it would have had front legs longer than
its back legs and probably held its head high above the ground to feed on the
upper branches of trees.
There is no modern scientific description of Bothriospondylus. In the last
part of the 20th century, two species of this genus were reassigned to
Pelorosaurus. A species found in Madagascar has not been widely accepted as
belonging to this genus. |
