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JOBARIA
(jo-ba-re-ah)
meaning: "Jobar - after a creature in African mythology"
Named By: P.C. Sereno., A.L. Beck, D.B. Dutheil, H.C.E. Larsson, G.H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R.W. Sadleir, C.A. Sidor, D.J. Varricchio, G.P. Wilson & J.A. Wilson in 1999
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 167-161 Ma
Location: Niger, Abaka - Tiouraren Formation
Size: Estimated about 21 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Two individual specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda |
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Jobaria was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the current-day Niger during the middle Jurassic Period, between 164-161 million years ago.

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