Barosaurus
Rekonstruktion af skelettet af en Barosaurus på Naturhistorisk Museum i New York
Barosaurus ((græsk): "tung øgle") var en diplodocid dinosaur på 21-23 meter i længden og stående højde på 15 meter. Den tilhører sauropoda – nogle af dens slægtninge er Diplodocus, Amargasaurus, Apatosaurus, Seismosaurus, Supersaurus, Argentinosaurus. Barosaurus var kun en mellemstor sauropod med en længde som voksne blåhvaler[1]. Barosaurus vejede op til 12 ton[2].
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Barosaurus mount 1.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Greg from New York, NY, America, Licens: CC BY 2.0
The official postcard (of the American Museum of Natural History) says this is a Barosaurus, and that "this unique freestanding mount is the only Barosaurus on view in the world". This was true until the installation of another Barosaurus specimen at the Royal Ontario Museum. The adult specimen pictured is AMNH 6341, classified as Barosaurus lentus. The juvenile specimen (AMNH 7530), originally classified as a juvenile Barosaurus, has since been reclassified as a specimen of Kaatedocus siberi.
Forfatter/Opretter: Greg from New York, NY, America, Licens: CC BY 2.0
The official postcard (of the American Museum of Natural History) says this is a Barosaurus, and that "this unique freestanding mount is the only Barosaurus on view in the world". This was true until the installation of another Barosaurus specimen at the Royal Ontario Museum. The adult specimen pictured is AMNH 6341, classified as Barosaurus lentus. The juvenile specimen (AMNH 7530), originally classified as a juvenile Barosaurus, has since been reclassified as a specimen of Kaatedocus siberi.