Family
Valid Extinct

Bothriospondylidae

Lydekker 1895

Bothriospondylus is a dubious genus of possibly neosauropodan sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic in England and the type species is B. suffossus.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Bothriospondylidae
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Bothriospondylus suffossus. Fig. 1. Hind view of terminal centrum of sacral vertebra. Fig. 2. Right side view of the same. Fig. 3. hæmal view of the same. Fig. 4. Neural view of mutilated centrum of sacral vertebra, restored in outline. Fig. 5. Right side view of the same. Fig. 6. hæmal view of the same, restored in outline. All the figures are of the natural size. From the Kimmeridge Clay at Swindon, Wilts. In the British Museum. © C. L. Griesbach · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Bothriospondylidae Family
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Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1895. On bones of a sauropodous dinosaur from Madagascar. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51:329-336 DOI ↗