Massospondylus

*Massospondylus carinatus*

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***Massospondylus*** is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period (Hettangian to Pliensbachian ages, ca. 200–183 million years ago). It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in South Africa, and is thus one of the first dinosaurs to have been named. Fossils have since been found at other locations in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Further material from Arizona's Kayenta Formation, India, and Argentina has been assigned to this genus, but may not belong to *Massospondylus*.

The type, and only universally recognized, species, is *M. carinatus*, although six other species have been named during the past 150 years. Prosauropod systematics have undergone numerous revisions during the last several years, and many scientists disagree where exactly *Massospondylus* lies on the dinosaur evolutionary tree. The family name Massospondylidae was once coined for the genus, but because knowledge of prosauropod relationships is in a state of flux, it is unclear which other dinosaurs—if any—belong in a natural grouping of massospondylids; several 2007 papers support the family's validity.

Although *Massospondylus* was long depicted as quadrupedal, a 2007 study found it to be bipedal. It was probably a plant eater (herbivore), although it is speculated that the prosauropods may have been omnivorous. This animal, 4–6 meters (13–20 feet) long, had a long neck and tail, with a small head and slender body. On each of its forefeet, it bore a sharp thumb claw that was used in defense or feeding. Recent studies indicate *Massospondylus* grew steadily throughout its lifespan, possessed air sacs similar to those of birds, and may have cared for its young.

## Description

*Massospondylus* was a mid-sized prosauropod that was around 4 meters (13 ft) in length and weighed approximately 135 kilograms (300 lb), although a few sources have estimated its length at up to 6 meters (20 ft). Although long assumed to have been quadrupedal, a 2007 anatomical study of the forelimbs has questioned this, arguing that their range of motion precluded effective habitual quadrupedal gait. The study also ruled out the possibility of "knuckle-walking" and other forms of locomotion that would avoid the issue of the limited ability of *Massospondylus* to pronate its hands. Although its mass suggests a quadrupedal nature, it would have been restricted to its hind legs for locomotion.

*Massospondylus* was a typical prosauropod in most other respects. It possessed a slender body and long neck, with around nine long cervical (neck) vertebrae, 13 dorsal (back) vertebrae, three sacral (hip) vertebrae, and at least 40 caudal (tail) vertebrae. The pubis faced forward, as with most saurischians. It had a slighter build than that of *Plateosaurus*, an otherwise similar prosauropod dinosaur. A recent discovery shows that *Massospondylus* possessed well-developed clavicles, joined in a furcula-like arrangement, suggesting both that it had immobile shoulder blades and that clavicles were not rudimentary and nonfunctional in those dinosaurs that did not have true furculae. This discovery also indicates that the furcula of birds is derived from clavicles.

Like *Plateosaurus*, it had five digits on each foot, with a large thumb claw used for feeding or defense against predators. The fourth and fifth digits of the forepaws were tiny, giving the forepaws a lopsided look. The 2007 study indicated that *Massospondylus* held its manus (hands) in a semi-supinated ("prayer-like") orientation, with the palmar surfaces facing one another; the wrist was never found rotated in articulated (still-connected) fossil specimens.

### Cranial anatomy

The small head of *Massospondylus* was approximately half the length of the femur. Numerous openings, or fenestrae, in the skull reduced its weight and provided space for muscle attachment and sensory organs. These fenestrae were present in pairs, one on each side of the skull. At the front of the skull were two large, elliptical nares. The orbits were proportionally larger in *Massospondylus* than in related genera such as *Plateosaurus*. The antorbital fenestrae, smaller than those seen in *Plateosaurus*, were situated between the eyes and the nose. At the rear of the skull were two more pairs of temporal fenestrae: the lateral temporal fenestrae immediately behind the eye sockets and the supratemporal fenestrae on top of the skull. Small fenestrae also penetrated each mandible. The shape of the skull is traditionally restored as wider and shorter than that of *Plateosaurus*, but this appearance may be due just to differential crushing experienced by the various specimens. Some features of the skull are variable between individuals; for example, the thickness of the upper border of the orbit and the height of the posterior maxilla. These differences may be due to sexual dimorphism or individual variation.

As with other prosauropods, it has been proposed that *Massospondylus* had cheeks. This theory was proposed because there are a few large holes for blood vessels on the surfaces of the jaw bones, unlike the numerous small holes present on the jaws of cheekless reptiles. The cheeks would have prevented food from spilling out when *Massospondylus* ate. Crompton and Attridge (1986) described skulls of *Massospondylus* as possessing pronounced overbites and suggested the presence of a horny beak on the tip of the lower jaw to make up the difference in length and account for tooth wear on the teeth at the tip of the snout. However, this was later shown to be a misinterpretation based on crushing in a top–bottom plane. Skulls not crushed in this orientation do not show an overbite. There also seems to be some variation of tooth morphology based on the position of teeth in the jaw. The heterodonty present in *Massospondylus* is greater than that present in *Plateosaurus*, although unsurprisingly not as pronounced as the specialization of teeth in *Heterodontosaurus*. Teeth closer to the front of the snout had round cross-sections and tapered to points, unlike the back teeth, which were spatulate and had oval cross-sections.

## Discovery

The first fossils of *Massospondylus* were described by paleontologist Sir Richard Owen in 1854, the name having been derived from the Greek terms *masson*/μάσσων 'longer' and *spondylos*/σπόνδυλος 'vertebra'. These fossils were found in 1853 by J. M. Orpen in the Upper Elliot Formation at Harrismith, South Africa. Included among the remains were vertebrae from the neck, back, and tail; a shoulder blade; a humerus; a partial pelvis; a femur; a tibia; and bones of the hands and feet. The original holotype material was part of the Royal College of Surgeons collection in London and was destroyed in World War II; only casts remain. Possible *Massospondylus* remains have been found in the Upper Elliot Formation, the Clarens Formation, and the Bushveld Sandstone of South Africa and Lesotho; the Forest Sandstone and the Upper Karroo Sandstone of Zimbabwe; and the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. These remains consist of at least 80 partial skeletons and four skulls, representing both juveniles and adults.

The report of *Massospondylus* from Arizona's Kayenta Formation is based on a skull described in 1985. The skull of the Kayenta specimen from Arizona is 25% larger than the largest skull from any African specimen. The Kayenta specimen possesses four teeth in the premaxilla and sixteen in the maxilla. Uniquely among dinosaurs, it also had tiny, one-millimeter-(0.04 in-) long palatal teeth. Recent restudy of African *Massospondylus* skulls, however, indicates that the Kayenta specimen does not pertain to *Massospondylus*.

*Massospondylus* had also been reported from Argentina, but this has been reassessed as a closely related but distinct genus. The fossils included several partial skeletons and at least one skull, found in the Lower Jurassic Cañon del Colorado Formation of San Juan, Argentina. This material was named *Adeopapposaurus* in 2009.

### Species

Many species have been named, although most are no longer considered valid. *M. carinatus*, named by Richard Owen, is the type species. Other named species include: *M. browni* (Seeley, 1895), *M. harriesi* (Broom 1911), *M. hislopi* (Lydekker, 1890), *M. huenei* (Cooper, 1981), *M. rawesi* (Lydekker, 1890), and *M. schwarzi* (Haughton, 1924).

*M. browni*, *M. harriesi*, and *M. schwarzi* were all found in the Upper Elliot Formation of Cape Province, South Africa. All three are based on fragmentary material, and were regarded as indeterminate in the most recent review. *M. browni* is based on two cervical, two back, and three caudal vertebrae and miscellaneous hind limb elements. *M. harriesi* is known from a forelimb. *M. schwarzi* is known from an incomplete hind limb and sacrum. *M. hislopi* and *M. rawesi* were named from fossils found in India. *M. hislopi* is based on vertebrae from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Andhra Pradesh, whereas *M. rawesi* is based on a tooth from the Upper Cretaceous Takli Formation of Maharashtra. *M. hislopi* was tentatively retained as an indeterminate sauropodomorph in the latest review, but *M. rawesi* may be a theropod or nondinosaur. *M. huenei* is a combination derived by Cooper for *Lufengosaurus huenei*, as he considered *Lufengosaurus* and *Massospondylus* to be synonyms. This synonymy is no longer accepted.

### Dubious names

Several dinosaurs are often considered synonymous with *Massospondylus*. These include *Aristosaurus*, *Dromicosaurus*, *Gryponyx*, *Hortalotarsus*, *Leptospondylus*, and *Pachyspondylus*, which are dubious names of little scientific value. *Hortalotarsus skirtopodus* was named by Harry Seeley in 1894. The fossils consist of partial leg bones. The following year, Richard Owen named a few fossil vertebrae *Leptospondylus capensis* and *Pachyspondylus orpenii*. These fragmentary fossils were later destroyed in World War II. *Aristosaurus erectus* was named by E.C.N. van Hoepen in 1920 based on a nearly complete skeleton. Hoepen also named *Dromicosaurus gracilis*, which consisted of a partial skeleton. *Gryponyx taylori* was named by Sidney H. Haughton in 1924. It consists of hip bones. All of the above fossils come from the Hettangian or Sinemurian faunal stages of South Africa, where *Massospondylus* has been found. Under the rules of zoological nomenclature, these names are junior synonyms. They were named after *Massospondylus* was described in a scientific paper; the name *Massospondylus* thus takes priority.

## Classification

*Massospondylus* is a prosauropod, a grouping of early saurischian dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic and Jurassic, but which had died out by the end of the Jurassic. Other members of the group include *Plateosaurus*, *Yunnanosaurus*, and *Riojasaurus*. Basal sauropodomorph systematics continue to undergo revision, and many genera once considered classic prosauropods have recently been removed from the group in phylogenetic nomenclature, on the grounds that their inclusion would not constitute a clade (a natural grouping containing all descendants of a single common ancestor). Exactly which animals constitute a monophyletic (natural grouping) of prosauropods is unclear. Yates and Kitching (2003) published a clade consisting of *Riojasaurus*, *Plateosaurus*, *Coloradisaurus*, *Massospondylus*, and *Lufengosaurus*. Galton and Upchurch (2004) included *Ammosaurus*, *Anchisaurus*, *Azendohsaurus*, *Camelotia*, *Coloradisaurus*, *Euskelosaurus*, *Jingshanosaurus*, *Lessemsaurus*, *Lufengosaurus*, *Massospondylus*, *Melanorosaurus*, *Mussaurus*, *Plateosaurus*, *Riojasaurus*, *Ruehleia*, *Saturnalia*, *Sellosaurus*, *Thecodontosaurus*, *Yimenosaurus* and *Yunnanosaurus* in a monophyletic Prosauropoda. Wilson (2005) considered *Massospondylus*, *Jingshanosaurus*, *Plateosaurus*, and *Lufengosaurus* a natural group, with *Blikanasaurus* and *Antetonitrus* possible sauropods. Bonnan and Yates (2007) considered *Camelotia*, *Blikanasaurus* and *Melanorosaurus* possible sauropods. Yates (2007) placed *Antetonitrus*, *Melanorosaurus*, and *Blikanasaurus* as basal sauropods and declined to use the term Prosauropoda, as he considered it synonymous with Plateosauridae. However, he did not rule out the possibility that a small group of prosauropods consisting of *Plateosaurus*, *Riojasaurus*, *Massospondylus* and their closest kin were monophyletic.

*Massospondylus* is the type genus of the proposed family Massospondylidae, to which it gives its name. The Massospondylidae family may also include *Yunnanosaurus*, although Lu *et al.* (2007) placed *Yunnanosaurus* in its own family. Yates (2007) considered *Massospondylus*, *Coloradisaurus*, and *Lufengosaurus* massospondylids, with *Yunnanosaurus* in Anchisauria. Smith and Pol (2007) also found a Massospondylidae in their phylogenetic analysis, including *Massospondylus*, *Coloradisaurus*, and *Lufengosaurus*, as well as their new genus, *Glacialisaurus*. *Adeopapposaurus*, based on the fossils once thought to belong to a South American form of *Massospondylus*, was also classified as a massospondylid.

## Paleoecology

The faunas and floras of the Early Jurassic were similar worldwide, with conifers adapted for hot weather becoming the common plants, and prosauropods and basal theropods the main constituents of a worldwide dinosaur fauna. The environment of early Jurassic southern Africa has been described as a desert. African *Massospondylus* was a contemporary of early crocodylomorphs; tritylodontid and trithelodontid therapsids; morganucodontid mammals; and dinosaurs including the small theropod *Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis*; a species of *Melanorosaurus* (*M. thabanensis*); and several genera of early ornithischians, such as *Lesothosaurus* and the heterodontosaurids *Abrictosaurus*, *Heterodontosaurus*, and *Lycorhinus*.

It is not clear which carnivores may have preyed on *Massospondylus*. Most of the theropods which have been discovered in rocks of Early Jurassic age in southern Africa, such as *Megapnosaurus*, were smaller than mid-sized prosauropods like *Massospondylus*. These smaller predators have been postulated as using fast slashing attacks to wear down prosauropods, which could have defended themselves with their large hand and foot claws. The 6-meter-(20 ft-) long  carnivorous theropod *Dracovenator* lived during the same period (Hettangian to Sinemurian stages) as *Massospondylus* and has also been found in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.

## Paleobiology

As with all dinosaurs, much of the biology of *Massospondylus*, including its behavior, coloration, and physiology, remains unknown. However, recent studies have allowed for informed speculation on subjects such as growth patterns, diet, posture, reproduction, and respiration.

A 2007 study suggested that *Massospondylus* may have used its short arms in defense from predators ("defensive swats"), in intraspecies combat, or in feeding, although its arms were too short to reach its mouth. Scientists speculate that *Massospondylus* could have used its large pollex (thumb) claw in combat, to strip plant material from trees, digging, or for grooming.

### Growth

A 2005 study indicated that *Massospondylus'* sister taxon, *Plateosaurus*, exhibited growth patterns affected by environmental factors. The study indicated that when food was plentiful, or when the climate was favorable, *Plateosaurus* exhibited accelerated growth. This pattern of growth is called "developmental plasticity". It is unseen in other dinosaurs, including *Massospondylus*, despite the close relationship between *Plateosaurus* and *Massospondylus*. The study indicated that *Massospondylus* grew along a specific growth trajectory with little variation in the growth rate and ultimate size of an individual. Another study of age determination indicated that *Massospondylus* grew at a maximum rate of 34.6 kg (76.3 lb) per year and was still growing at around 15 years of age.

### Diet

Prosauropods such as *Massospondylus* may have been herbivorous or omnivorous. As recently as the 1980s, paleontologists debated the possibility of carnivory in prosauropods. However, the hypothesis of carnivorous prosauropods has been discredited, and all recent studies favor a herbivorous or omnivorous lifestyle for these animals. Galton and Upchurch (2004) found that cranial characteristics (such as jaw articulation) of most prosauropods are closer to those of herbivorous reptiles than those of carnivorous ones, and the shape of the tooth crown is similar to those of modern herbivorous or omnivorous iguanas. The maximum width of the crown was greater than that of the root, resulting in a cutting edge similar to those of extant herbivorous or omnivorous reptiles. Barrett (2000) proposed that prosauropods supplemented their herbivorous diets with small prey or carrion. Gastroliths (gizzard stones) have been found in association with *Massospondylus* fossils in South Africa,, and with a *Massospondylus*-like animal from the Late Triassic of Virginia. *Massospondylus* swallowed these stones to aid in digestion; muscular contractions in the creature's gizzard would have pulverized swallowed plant material, compensating for its inability to chew.

### Reproduction

In 1977, seven 190-million-year-old *Massospondylus* eggs were found in Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa by James Kitching, who identified them as most likely belonging to *Massospondylus*. It was nearly 30 years before extraction was started on the fossils of the 15-centimeter]]- (6 in-) long embryos. They remain the oldest dinosaur embryos ever found. Notably, the near-hatchlings had no teeth, suggesting they had no way of feeding themselves. Based on the lack of teeth and the animal's body proportions, scientists speculate that postnatal care might have been necessary. The four legs of the near-hatchlings were of equal length, indicating that newly hatched *Massospondylus* were quadrupedal. The skull and eyes were proportionately oversized when compared to adults, as is common in other very young vertebrates, although the skulls of juveniles were taller and more narrow as well. The quadrupedality of the hatchlings suggests that the quadrupedal posture of later sauropods may have evolved from retention of juvenile characteristics in adult animals, an evolutionary phenomenon known as pedomorphosis.

### Respiratory system

Many saurischian dinosaurs possessed vertebrae and ribs that contained hollowed-out cavities (pneumatic foramina), which reduced the weight of the bones and may have served as a basic 'flow-through ventilation' system similar to that of modern birds. In such a system, the neck vertebrae and ribs are hollowed out by the cervical air sac; the upper back vertebrae, by the lung; and the lower back and sacral (hip) vertebrae, by the abdominal air sac. These organs constitute a complex and very efficient method of respiration. Prosauropods are the only major group of saurischians without an extensive system of pneumatic foramina. Although possible pneumatic indentations have been found in *Plateosaurus* and *Thecodontosaurus*, the indentations were very small. One study in 2007 concluded that prosauropods like *Massospondylus* likely had abdominal and cervical air sacs, based on the evidence for them in sister taxa (theropods and sauropods). The study concluded that it was impossible to determine whether prosauropods had a bird-like flow-through lung, but that the air sacs were almost certainly present.

## JPInstitute.com Description

Massospondylus was an early member of the huge plant-eating, sauropod (long-neck) dinosaur family. It was sort of a smaller version of the better known Plateosaurus, and it had back legs that were much longer than its front legs and probably could have stood on two legs quite easily.

Massospondylus is an interesting dinosaur for a number of reasons. It illustrates how, in the early stages of dinosaur evolution, there were only a few genera spread throughout the Earth's single land mass - Pangaea. It is easy to see, when looking at a skeletal reconstruction of this creature, how it evolved from smaller, bipedal dinosaurs. And its neck and tail foretell the characteristics of its giant descendants.

One of the most interesting discoveries related to Massospondylus was a nest find in Southern Africa. The eggs in the nest contained the remains of fetal dinosaurs, the earliest ever discovered. Additionally, the eggs themselves seem to indicate that the shells were not hard like later dinosaur eggs, but soft and leathery like modern reptile eggs. This would indicate the possibility that earlier dinosaurs, not so far removed from early reptiles, laid soft eggs.

The Massospondylus type specimen remains were destroyed during a Nazi bombing raid on England in WWII. The original specimen was named in 1854 by Sir Richard Owen.

## Dinosaur Field Guide Description

Massospondylus ("bulky vertebra) is a long, sleek plant-eating dinosaur with a huge claw on each hand. Theropods during the Early Jurassic had not yet reached " super size" (like Allosaurus), so a claw of this type
would make an excellent weapon. Plants take a lot more energy to digest than meat, so Massospondylus has a wider pelvis and a larger set of guts in order to process them properly. The neck is longer to get at more food higher up in the trees. Dinosaurs were the first four-legged ground dwellers to be able to feed higher off the ground than sprawling animals. Being able to get at this new food source allowed prosauropods (such as Massospondylus), and then sauropods, to become the dominant plant-eaters for the next 50 million years. For a long time, prosauropods were considered to be the ancestors of true sauropods because they look like
smaller versions of the true sauropods. But there are some problems with this theory. Their foot anatomy is different enough from that of true sauropods to suggest that they are just a side branch that died out.

### Fun Facts

Only the meat-eating theropods had bigger claws than prosauropods.

### Trivia

Massospondylus could be the first dinosaur to claim the nickname "Claws." The first meat-eaters to have a claw that size did not appear until tens of millions of years later.

## Links

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https://web.archive.org/web/20080706162434/http://kids.yahoo.com/dinosaurs/111--Massospondylus

## Further reading

* Chinsamy, A. (1992). "Ontogenetic growth of the dinosaurs *Massospondylus carinatus* and *Syntarsus rhodesiensis*". In: *Abstracts of papers. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, fifty-second annual meeting*. Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario, *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*, 12, 3, 23A.
* Gow, C. E. (1990). "Morphology and growth of the *Massospondylus* braincase (Dinosauria, Prosauropoda)". *Palaeontologia Africana*, 27, 59–75.
* Hinic, S. (2002). "The cranial anatomy of *Massospondylus carinatus* Owen, 1854 and its implications for prosauropod phylogeny". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. Abstracts of papers. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22, Supplement to number 3, 65A.
* Martínez, R. (1999). "The first South American record of *Massospondylus* (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha)". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*, Abstracts of papers. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20–23 October, 19, Suppl. 3, 61A.
* Martínez, R.N. (1999). "*Massospondylus* (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) in northwestern Argentina". *Abstracts VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Buenos Aires*, 40.

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