Vouivria

Vou-e-vre-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Vouivria.

Phonetic

Vou-e-vre-ah.

Named By

P.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mannion,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Allain‭ & ‬O.‭ ‬Moine‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Brachiosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

V.‭ ‬damparisensis‭

Size

Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬15‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

France.

Time Period

Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Fossils of Vouivria were originally attributed to the dinosaur Bothriospondylus,‭ ‬however study of the fossils combined with the dubious status of Bothriospondylus meant that by the‭ ‬1980s the fossils that these fossils were no longer thought to be‭ ‬Bothriospondylus.‭ ‬In‭ ‬2017‭ ‬the fossils were used to describe their own genus,‭ ‬Vouivria.‭ ‬Vouivria was‭ ‬a medium sized brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the late Jurassic.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬5:e3217:1-82.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mannion,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Allain‭ & ‬O.‭ ‬Moine‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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