Vouivria

Name: Vouivria.
Phonetic: Vou-e-vre-ah.
Named By: P.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mannion,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Allain‭ & ‬O.‭ ‬Moine‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Brachiosauridae.
Species: V.‭ ‬damparisensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬15‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: France.
Time period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.




       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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