Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Bothriospondylus

- Other Names: Marmarospondylus
- Pronunciation: bah-three-uh-SPON-dih-lus
- Translation: Excavated Vertebrae
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
- Infraorder: Sauropoda
- Family: Brachiosauridae
- Height: 35 feet (10.7 meters)
- Length: 66 feet (20.1 meters)
- Period: Late Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
- Notes: Bothriospondylus is known from fragmentary remainsdiscovered in Western Europe and Madagascar. This sauropodhad large teeth and a long tail. Its forelegs were approximatelyas long as its hind legs.