Genus
Valid Extinct

Vouivria

Mannion et al. 2017

Vouivria is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, belonging to the Brachiosauridae, that lived in the area of present France during the Late Jurassic. The type and only known species is Vouivria damparisensis. It is based on a specimen once commonly referred to as the "French Bothriospondylus" in the scientific literature, as the specimen was once identified as Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, a species known from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Vouivria
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Middle cervical vertebra of Vouivria damparisensis (MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 6). (A) Left lateral view, (B) anterior view, (C) right lateral view; (D) posterior view. Abbreviations: cpol, centropostzygapophyseal lamina; di, diapophysis; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; espol, expanded spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; no, notch; ns, notch; pa, parapophysis; pn, pneumatic foramen; pocdf, postzygapophyseal centrodiapophyseal fossa; podl, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; ri, ridge; sdf, spinodiapophyseal fossa; spol, spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar equals 10 cm. © Philip D. Mannion​, Ronan Allain​, Olivier Moine · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Brachiosauridae Family
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Vouivria Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Calcaires de Clerval
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Vouivria damparisensis 162 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. D. Mannion, R. Allain, and O. Moine. 2017. The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae. PeerJ 5:e3217:1-82 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. D. Mannion, R. Allain, and O. Moine. 2017. The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae. PeerJ 5:e3217:1-82 DOI ↗