Vulcanodon: quick facts
Discovered in Zimbabwe, Vulcanodon is one of themost primitive sauropods known. Its bones had a mixture of prosauropod and sauropod features.
Diet
Herbivore
Length
20 feet (6.1 meters)
Family
Vulcanodontidae
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.