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 | |
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.