Dinosaur
Jobaria
Its teeth were spoon-shaped, and its neck had twelve bones called vertebrae.
Jobaria is an important reference to reconstruct the sauropods of the Tiourarén Formation.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Jobaria 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
- Eusauropoda
- Eusauropods
- Fossil locations
- Niger
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Jobaria
It was discovered in 1997 in the Tiourarén Formation. It is the sauropod securely identified from that formation, making it important for reconstructing Jurassic animal life in Niger.
Its teeth were spoon-shaped, and its neck contained twelve vertebrae. Identifying the animal confidently lets researchers connect these anatomical details with the geological setting where it was found.
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 discovered in 1997 in the Tiourarén Formation. It is the sauropod securely identified from that formation, making it important for reconstructing Jurassic animal life in Niger.
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- Jobaria tiguidensis
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- Jobaria
Wikipedia contributors · English source
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- Eusauropoda
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- Living birds
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Educational text adapted in English from the existing Wikipedia-backed Dinosgacha catalogue and linked articles by Wikipedia contributors.
Existing English translations have been selected and arranged for this encyclopedia. Repeated period and diet text is omitted where those fields already carry it. Unknown facts remain unfilled; unreviewed geological age phrases are omitted and period labels replace numerical ages.
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