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Melanorosaurus
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| Melanorosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Melanorosauridae |
| Genus: | †Melanorosaurus Haughton, 1924 |
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| †Melanorosaurus readi Haughton, 1924
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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.
- ^ "Melanorosaurus". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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