Vulcanodon

Say it vul-kan-oh-don. The name means ‘volcano tooth’.

Vulcanodon beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 6.5 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Jurassic205 to 202 million years ago
Fossils found in: Zimbabwe
Named by: Raath (1972)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Vulcanodontidae

Where Vulcanodon 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

Kotasaurus Early Jurassic
Barapasaurus Early Jurassic
Bellusaurus Mid Jurassic
Yuanmousaurus Mid Jurassic
Amygdalodon Mid Jurassic
Rhoetosaurus Mid Jurassic
Cetiosauriscus Mid Jurassic
Cetiosaurus Mid Jurassic

Source: Vulcanodon 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.