Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Massospondylus

- Other Names: Dromicosaurus, Aetonyx
- Pronunciation: mass-o-SPON-dih-lus
- Translation: Greater Vertebrae
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
- Infraorder: Prosauropoda
- Family: Massospondylidae
- Height: 8 feet (2.4 meters)
- Length: 19.7 feet (6 meters)
- Period: Early Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal, semi Bipedal
- Notes: Found in South Africa, Massospondylus had a longneck and tail, bulky body with massive hands. Like allprosauropods, it was equipped to travel either bipedally oron all fours.