Dinosaur
Barosaurus
It shared the Morrison Formation with sauropods such as Diplodocus, Apatosaurus and Camarasaurus.
The reconstruction of Barosaurus grew as new excavations added bones to the first finds.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Barosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Diplodocidae
- Diplodocids
- Fossil locations
- South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Wyoming
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Barosaurus
It was described in 1890 from initially very scarce remains. Later excavations added vertebrae and limb bones to the reconstruction of this large sauropod.
It shared the broad geological setting of the Morrison Formation with sauropods such as Diplodocus, Apatosaurus and Camarasaurus. Studying them in the same context helps researchers compare these enormous animals.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was described in 1890 from initially very scarce remains. Later excavations added vertebrae and limb bones to the reconstruction of this large sauropod.
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- Barosaurus lentus
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- Barosaurus
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- Diplodocidae
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