Vulcanodon

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iVulcanodon
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Genus: Vulcanodon
Raath, 1972
Species: V. karibaenis
Binomial name
Vulcanodon karibaenis
Raath, 1972

Vulcanodon (meaning "volcano tooth") was a relatively small, early sauropod from the Early Jurassic. It was about 20 feet long. Vulcanodon ate plants and lived in southern Africa. The type species, V. karibaenis, was formally described by Raath in 1972.

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