LegendaryDicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus hansemanni
die-KRAY-oh-SORE-us· “two-forked lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Dicraeosauridae
12 m
Length
3 m
Height
4 t
Weight
An unusual African sauropod with a short neck and tall, forked spines running down its back — a close relative of the spiny Amargasaurus.
When
Late Jurassic, ~150 million years ago
Found in
Tanzania
Discovered
Werner Janensch, 1914
Did you know?
- Had a short neck, unusual for a sauropod.
- Tall, forked spines ran down its neck and back.
- A relative of the double-spined Amargasaurus.
Artwork: Dmitry Bogdanov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.