These plates and spines were fused to the underlying bones

adapted to a riverine ecosystem that favored specializations for fishing

pero se estima que fue uno de los titanosaurios más grandes

Length 134mm

using its claws to forage in the soil

Melanorosaurus readi Scale:1:20 These plates and spines wereMelanorosaurus readi was a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic , specifically the Norian stage (approximately 220210 million years ago) , that inhabited southern Gondwana , in what is now South Africa . It has traditionally been considered one of the largest and most robust prosauropods , and occupies a key position in the evolutionary transition between early bipedal sauropodomorphs and the large quadrupedal sauropods of the