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long-neck giant
Diplodocus
Say it like this: “di-PLOD-o-kus”
Diplodocus longus
Diplodocus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 1878 · Marsh, O. C.
- Hip height
- 4.1 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 26 m · 85 ft
- Weight
- 13.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Morrison
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diplodocinae
The story in short
The genus Diplodocus dates to 1878, the year O. C. Marsh described it.
Fossils referred to Diplodocus date to the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Morrison Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Diplodocus at a length near 26 m, hips about 4.1 m high, and a body mass around 13.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diplodocinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Diplodocus longus. Other named species include Diplodocus carnegii and Diplodocus hallorum.
Other species with this name
- Diplodocus longus
- Diplodocus carnegii
- Diplodocus hallorum
Close relatives
Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus viator
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Barosaurus
Barosaurus lentus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Dinheirosaurus
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago