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10 Interesting Diplodocus Facts
Description Sizes of Diplodocus carnegii (orange) and D. hallorum (green) compared with a human. Among the best-known sauropods, Diplodocus were very large, long-necked, quadrupedal animals, with long, whip-like tails. Their forelimbs were slightly shorter than their hind limbs, resulting in a largely horizontal posture.
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Diplodocus were herbivores, feeding on plants and leaves. Although the most curious thing is how they ate. Apparently, with one part of its mouth it plucked the leaves from the trees, while with the other part it chewed.. This predator was about 30 feet tall and used to attack its prey by ambush. He did it in ambush because we must not.
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Although Diplodocus had an average length of about 85 feet (26 meters), some individuals may have reached 100 feet (30 meters). Most of this length was attributed to the neck and the whiplike tail. The body, though narrow, was tall. The small skull encased one of the smallest brains among the dinosaurs.
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10 Interesting Diplodocus Facts
Physical Characteristics The Diplodocus was a dinosaur in the Jurassic Period and lived in North America. | CoreyFord via Getty Images The Diplodocus had a typical sauropod appearance. Here are some of the key features of Diplodocus you need to know: It had a very long neck consisting of at least 15 vertebrae.
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The greatest part of Diplodocus' length was taken up by its neck and tail, which differed slightly in structure: the long neck of this dinosaur was scaffolded on only 15 or so elongated vertebrae, while its tail was made up of 80 much shorter (and presumably more flexible) bones.
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Estimated 90 feet in length Type of Dinosaur Sauropod Type Species D. longus (type), D. carnegii, D. hallorum Found in USA, Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming - Morrison Formation When it Lived Late Jurassic, 155-145 million years ago Diplodocus Facts
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Diplodocus is a dinosaur that lived about 154 million years ago—during the Jurassic Period—in parts of Western North America. It was first discovered in 1877 by Samuel Wendell Williston and was subsequently named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878.
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4: How tall was the Diplodocus? The diplodocus neck could be 24 feet (7.3 metres) long, and the tail, which measured up to 46 feet (14 metres) so if it raised its head diplodocus (not all the way it couldn't do that) could be over 5 metres tall! 5: How big was the diplodocus head? Diplodocus usually had very small heads. 2 feet (0.6 metre).
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Extinct Diplodocus Locations North-America Diplodocus Facts Prey Leaves and ferns Group Behavior Herd Fun Fact Their long tales could have been used as a whip! Biggest Threat
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Quick Facts Amenities 2 listed Diplodocus longus is a species of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America. Diplodocus is one of the most abundant sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs) in the Morrison Formation. Its pencil-like teeth were only in the front of the jaws and were used to strip leaves off of low-growing plants.
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Diplodocus measured up to 90 feet (27 meters) long and stood about 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall at the hips. A lightweight among the sauropod dinosaurs, Diplodocus weighed only about 30 tons. The unique, hollow structure of its backbones helped this animal to be so light. It had a long neck and a very long tail.
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This flattening of the arches occurs at approximately the same height as where the base of the tail is located above the ground, which suggests that the tail could have been used as a prop for the hindlimbs. This arrangement may have enabled the animal to rear up on its back legs to feed on high vegetation.
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Its weight estimations range from 10 to 20 tonnes which may sound a lot but wait until you read about its relatives a bit further on. It comes as no surprise that the diplodocus was probably not a very quick dinosaur, its central weight was more to the back of its body, perhaps giving it greater ease to go onto its hind legs to extent its height.
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The largest species, D. hallorum, was about 108 feet (33 m) long, according to a 2006 report in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins. The majority of Diplodocus' length was taken up.
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While Dippy was just over 85 feet long, the Diplodocus could actually grow up to 92 feet in length, according to current fossil records. However, Dippy was near the peak of a Diplodocus' possible weight since the max weight of a Diplodocus was around 30,000 pounds. This is much lighter than other dinosaurs of a similar size.
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Family Diplodocidae - whip-tailed, peg-toothed sauropods with high spines on the vertebrae. Diplodocus had a 26 foot (8 m) long neck and a 45 foot (14 m) long, whip-like tail. Its head was less than 2 feet long and its nostrils were at the top of the head. The front legs were shorter than its back legs, and all legs had elephant-like, five-toed.
