Narindasaurus

Nah-rin-dah-sor-us.
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Cassidy Wood

Paleoentomologist

Cassidy Wood uncovers the tiny yet significant world of prehistoric insects. Her research on amber-preserved specimens has revealed intricate details about ancient ecosystems.

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Name

Narindasaurus ‭(‬Narinda Bay lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Nah-rin-dah-sor-us.

Named By

Rafael Royo-Torres,‭ ‬Alberto Cobos,‭ ‬Pedro Mocho‭ & ‬Luis Alcal�‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Turiasauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬thevenini‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

Madagascar‭ ‬-‭ ‬Isalo III Formation.

Time Period

Mid Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial fossils.

In Depth

       Narindasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar during the mid Jurassic.‭ ‬Fossils of this dinosaur were first discovered in‭ ‬1906,‭ ‬but were not given their own distinct genus till‭ ‬2020.‭ ‬Before that time they had still been studied,‭ ‬with growth ring analysis suggesting that this sauropod dinosaur did not become sexually mature‭ (‬able to reproduce‭) ‬until somewhere between thirty-one and forty-five years of age.

Further reading

-‭ ‬�tudes g�ologiques dans le nord de Madagascar,‭ ‬by P.‭ ‬Lemoine‭ ‬-‭ ‬In,‭ ‬Contributions � l’histoire g�ologique de l’Oc�an Indien.‭ ‬Paris:‭ ‬Librairie Scientifique,‭ ‬1‭–‬520,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬herman‭ (‬ed.‭) ‬-‭ ‬1906.‭

-‭ ‬Cyclical growth in the long bones of a sauropod dinosaur.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬28:‭ ‬225‭–‬232.‭ ‬-‭ ‬de Ricql�s‭ ‬-‭ ‬1983.

-‭ ‬Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new‭ ‘‬rosetta‭’ ‬specimen from Spain.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rafael Royo-Torres,‭ ‬Alberto Cobos,‭ ‬Pedro Mocho‭ & ‬Luis Alcal�‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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