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The body length of ''Vouivria'' has been estimated at fifteen metres, its weight at fifteen tonnes.<ref>Imperial College London. "Earliest relative of Brachiosaurus dinosaur found in France: Scientists have re-examined an overlooked museum fossil and discovered that it is the earliest known member of the titanosauriform family of dinosaurs." ScienceDaily, 2 May 2017. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170502084043.htm></ref> The thighbone length is 146 centimetres.<ref name="Mannion2017"/>
The describing authors identified a number of distinguishing traits, [[autapomorphies]] or unique derived characters. Four of these distinguished ''Vouivria'' from all other known sauropods. In the middle and rear neck vertebrae, the
Also, two "local" autapomorphies were identified, that distinguished ''Vouvria'' from its nearest relatives in the Brachiosauridae. In the front tail vertebrae both the
==Phylogeny==
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