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long-neck giant
Dicraeosaurus
Say it like this: “die-KREE-o-SAWR-us”
Dicraeosaurus hansemanni
Dicraeosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Tanzania.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 1914 · Janensch, W.
- Hip height
- 3.8 m · 12 ft
- Length
- 14–15 m · 46–49 ft
- Weight
- 5–6 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Tendaguru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Dicraeosauridae
The story in short
In 1914, W. Janensch published the name Dicraeosaurus. The name means “bifurcated lizard.”
Fossils referred to Dicraeosaurus date to the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Tanzania, including the Tendaguru Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Dicraeosaurus at a length near 14–15 m, hips about 3.8 m high, and a body mass around 5–6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Dicraeosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Dicraeosaurus hansemanni. Other named species include Dicraeosaurus sattleri.
Other species with this name
- Dicraeosaurus hansemanni
- Dicraeosaurus sattleri