Coloradisaurus: quick facts
Named for the Los Colorados rock formation inArgentina, where it was discovered, Coloradisaurus was a small prosauropod which alternated between a bipedalwalk and walking on all fours.
Period
Late Triassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
13.1 feet (4 meters)
Family
Plateosauridae
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.