Massospondylus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “longer”) + σπόνδυλος (spóndulos, “vertebra”).

Proper noun

†Massospondylus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Massospondylidae – an herbivorous sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of southern Africa.

Synonyms

• Aetonyx

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Massospondylus carinatus - the only universally recognized species

References

• Massospondylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Massospondylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Massospondylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Massospondylus at Paleobiology Database