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The earliest known sauropod dinosaur

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  • Eric Buffetaut

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Varavudh Suteethorn

    (Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources)

  • Gilles Cuny

    (University of Bristol)

  • Haiyan Tong

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Jean Le Loeuff

    (Musée des Dinosaures)

  • Sasidhorn Khansubha

    (Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources)

  • Sutee Jongautchariyakul

    (Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources)

Abstract

Sauropods were a very successful group of dinosaurs during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but their earlier history is poorly known. Until now, the earliest reported sauropod bones were from the Early Jurassic1,2,3, and the only tentative evidence of earlier sauropods was in the form of controversial footprints4,5. Here we report the discovery of an incomplete sauropod skeleton from the Late Triassic period of Thailand, which provides the first osteological evidence of pre-Jurassic sauropods. This dinosaur is markedly different from prosauropods and substantiates theoretical predictions that there was a fairly long period of sauropod evolution during the Triassic.

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  • Eric Buffetaut & Varavudh Suteethorn & Gilles Cuny & Haiyan Tong & Jean Le Loeuff & Sasidhorn Khansubha & Sutee Jongautchariyakul, 2000. "The earliest known sauropod dinosaur," Nature, Nature, vol. 407(6800), pages 72-74, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:407:y:2000:i:6800:d:10.1038_35024060
    DOI: 10.1038/35024060
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