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Diplodocus carnegii
dih-PLOD-oh-kus· “double beam”
🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Diplodocidae
26 m
Length
4.5 m
Height
15 t
Weight
One of the longest dinosaurs known from good skeletons, built like a suspension bridge with a whip-like tail longer than its neck. Casts of its skeleton stand in museums all over the world.
When
Late Jurassic, ~154–152 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Samuel Wendell Williston, 1877
Did you know?
- Its tail had about 80 vertebrae and may have cracked like a whip.
- It likely stripped leaves from branches with comb-like front teeth.
- Steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie funded the famous specimen 'Dippy'.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.