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Barosaurus: quick facts

Barosaurus is a relatively rare sauropod. The first dinosaur to be found in the Black Hills of South Dakota, itsremains have also been found in East Africa suggesting theconnection of the modern Afric

Period
Late Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
79 feet (24.1 meters)
Weight
50,000 pounds (22,680 kg)
Family
Diplodocidae

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