Diplodocus
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(dpld´ks) [Gr., = double beam (or rafter)], immense quadruped herbivorous dinosaur found in the late Jurassic strata of the Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
Sauropods are among the most famous and recognisable dinosaurs: long-necked, long-tailed giants that include Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus.
The biggest dinosaurs were the giant amphibious saurischians - diplodocus, apatosaurus (once known as brontosaurus) and brachiosaurus.
Fossilized skeleton of Diplodocus, showing an extreme example of the backbone that characterizes the vertebrates. Exhibited at the Museum für Naturkunde (Museum of natural science), Berlin.
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They included the huge, 4-footed plant eaters Diplodocus, which reached a length of 87 feet, and the heavier Brachiosaurus, which weighed as much as 80 tons. In their Jurassic heyday, they were the dominant ...
The first birds appeared (e.g. Archaeopteryx).
Dinosaurs included diplodocus, stegasaurus, brachiosaurus.
3. Cretaceous period: (144 million years ago) ...
 See also: Reptile, Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Iguanodon
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