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7 interesting facts about Janenschia, the great African dinosaur

URBANJABAR.com – There are many large dinosaurs that we know as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and also Supersauro.

It turns out that there is another large dinosaur that does not use the ending -saurus in its name, viz Janenschia.

Janenschia it has a shape and size more or less the same as the names of the dinosaurs mentioned above.

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Let’s take a look at some interesting facts on Janenschia:

  1. No Janenschia it derives from the name of the person who first discovered this dinosaur fossil, namely Werner Janensch, a German paleontologist;
  2. Fossil Janenschia first discovered in Africa, the Tanzania area;
  3. Height Janenschia adults reach 20 meters and weigh up to 25 tons;
  4. Janenschia it is estimated that he lived 156 million years ago or at the end of the Jurassic period;
  5. On the hind legs there are claws, but not on the forelegs;
  6. There is a suspicion that Janenschia has a useful reinforced plate for protection;
  7. Head Janenschia very small compared to other proportions of his body.

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