Coloradisaurus

Coloradisaurus
Temporal range: Norian
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Diagram showing known skull elements; shaded parts represent missing bones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Family: †Massospondylidae
Genus: †Coloradisaurus
Galton, 1990
Type species
†Coloradisaurus brevis
(Bonaparte, 1979)
Synonyms

Coloradisaurus (meaning "Los Colorados lizard") is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Late Triassic period (Norian stage) in what is now La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is known from two specimens collected from the Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin.