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QUICK FACTS
 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Also known as:
Not Available
Etymology:
'Double beam'
Pronunciation:
di-PLOD-uh-kus
DISCOVERY
Diplodocus carnegii
was discovered by Hatcher in 1901 in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA
VITAL STATISTICS
Time Span:
150.8 - 145.5 mya
Length: 27 - 28.5 m Weight: 12 - 16 ton Diet: Herbivore CLASSIFICATION
Class:
Sauropsida
Sub-class:
Diapsida
Super-order:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Sub-order:
Sauropodomorpha
Infra-order:
Sauropoda
Family:
Diplodocidae
Genus:
Diplodocus
Species:
carnegii
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One of the most famous of all dinosaurs, Diplodocus was a gigantic plant-eating sauropod. It had peg-like teeth, and an extra row of anvil-shaped bones under its backbone, from which the name "double beamed" comes. This is proposed to have added stability to the hugely long neck and tail.
Diplodocus is the longest land animal ever found known from an almost complete skeleton.
