PROSAUROPODA

pro-SAWR-oh-PODE-a

Before sauropods

Saurischia

Late Triassic to early Jurassic

Worldwide

The Infraorder Prosauropoda includes a selection of early medium- and large-sized dinosaurs. They were once thought to be ancestral to the giant sauropods, as their name indicates, but the idea is not quite correct.

Family Anchisauridae

Family Plateosauridae

Family Melanorosauridae