SauropodomorphaRiojasauridae

Riojasaurus incertus

Riojasaurus incertus skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~7.5 m.
Scale bar = 50 centimeters
Taxon
Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte, 1969
Reconstructed length
~6 m (20 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2016, revised 2022
Clade
  1. Sauropodomorpha
  2. Riojasauridae

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Riojasaurus is a large, heavily built early sauropodomorph from the Late Triassic of Argentina. While it could probably move slowly in a quadrupedal (four-legged) stance, it would probably have gotten around on two legs most of the time.

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