What is Massospondylus?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Massospondylus'' | fossil_range = [[Upper Triassic]] to [[Lower Jurassic]] | image = Massospondylus 1 NHM2.jpg | image_width = 300px | image_caption = ''Massospondylus'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Sauropsida]] | superordo = [[Dinosauria]] | ordo = [[Saurischia]] | subordo = [[Sauropodomorpha]] | infraordo = [[Prosauropoda]] | familia = [[Plateosauridae]] | genus = '''''Massospondylus''''' | genus_authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1854}} '''''Massospondylus''''' was a [[dinosaur]] from the [[Upper Triassic]] to the [[Lower Jurassic]] periods. It was described by [[Richard Owen]] in 1854. It is one of the first dinosaurs to have been named. The remains were found in South Africa. The dinosaur was bipedal. It was probably a plant eater ([[herbivore]]).<ref>Bonnan, Matthew F. & Phil Senter 2007. Were the basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs ''Plateosaurus'' and ''Massospondylus'' habitual quadrupeds?. In Paul M. Barrett & D.J. Batten (eds) Evolution and palaeobiology of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs. ''Special Papers in Palaeontology''. London: The Palaeontological Association. pp. 139–155. ISBN 978-1-4051-6933-2</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Wikispecies|Massospondylus}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Dinosaurs of Africa]] [[Category:Jurassic dinosaurs]] [[Category:Sauropodomorphs]] [[Category:Triassic dinosaurs]]