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Barapasaurus: quick facts

Known from parts of over 300 individual specimensfound in India yet no skulls have been recovered. Barapasaurusis the oldest known sauropod certain to have been a sauropod, however; Vulcanodon may be

Period
Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
60 feet (18.3 meters)
Family
Vulcanodontidae

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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