Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
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Fun Melanorosaurus Facts For Kids
The Triassic dinosaur, Melanorosaurus (Haughton, 1924) is also known as the 'black mountain lizard'. The dinosaur fossil was found on the slope of Thaba 'Nyama in South Africa; the name of the mountain means 'black mountain'. This dinosaur genus lived during the Triassic-Jurassic period.
Its classification description is Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorph, Prosauropoda, Anchisauria, and Melanorosauridae genus. The dinosaur was quadrupedal and had a heavy and large body with short stout limbs, an elongated flexible tail, and a triangular skull. It reproduced by laying eggs.
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