Diplodocus

Diplodocus

Dip-low-doe-cus
Skull of Brachiosaurus

Name meaning: Double Beam

Time Period: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian (Late Jurassic) 152.07–149.1 Mya

Locations: Colorado/Montana/Utah/Wyoming-Morrison Formation

Taxonomy:Sauropoda-Diplodocidae

Subspecies: D. longus

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by actual-haise https://www.markwitton.co.uk/palaeoart?pgid=kvcjcz2d-77ef9a7d-0cca-4671-b603-3ef04cb25a94
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History & Fossils ~ ~ ~ ~

By Heinrich Harder, frankly his sprawling lizard posture looks ridiculous I would love to try and see him run away from something. found at the Pittsburgh Carnegie Museum of Natural History, I might have seen this one in person a long time ago

Media Deptictions ~ ~ ~ ~

Jurassic World Evolution I believe the fact that sauropods cannot fight back against carnivores when they should be able to defend themselves is most apparent with Diplodocus. It should absoulutly be killing theropods with that wip tail but no.

Jurassic World Alive

I wanted to talk about jwa in particular because I love this promotional photo in particular

Walking With Dinosaurs

Nice thing is about Diplodocus is that since he's so long he takes up mulitple image slots

David Attenborough Befriends a Dinosaur