Dinosaurs · Sauropod

Jobaria

Say it joh-bahr-ee-uh. The name means ‘Jobar (mythical animal)’.

Jobaria beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods
Length
21 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Early Cretaceous132 to 94 million years ago
Fossils found in
Niger
Named by
Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Larsson, Lyon, Moussa, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, Wilson and Wilson (1999)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria
TriassicJurassicCretaceousJobaria252 Ma66 Ma
Where Jobaria sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Source: Jobaria in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.