Very HardSauroposeidon
Sauroposeidon proteles
SORE-oh-poh-SY-don· “earthquake-god lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Brachiosauridae
30 m
Length
17 m
Height
45 t
Weight
Possibly the tallest dinosaur of all — a towering cousin of Brachiosaurus that could lift its head as high as a six-storey building.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~112 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Mathew Wedel, 2000
Did you know?
- It could raise its head about 17 m up — as tall as a six-storey building.
- It is known mostly from four gigantic neck bones.
- It was an even taller relative of Brachiosaurus.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.