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The neck posture and feeding strategies of sauropod dinosaurs is a controversial topic. Andreas Christian and colleagues analysed the neck of M. youngi and found that when articulated in a neutral posture, the neck was almost straight, with a slight upward bend at the base and a slight downward bend towards the head. The base of the neck has ...
Elasmosauridae is an extinct family of plesiosaurs, often called elasmosaurs.They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and existed from the Hauterivian to the Maastrichtian stages of the Cretaceous, and represented one of the two groups of plesiosaurs present at the end of the Cretaceous alongside Polycotylidae.
Brachiosaurus (/ ˌ b r æ k i ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s /) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 154 to 150 million years ago. [1] It was first described by American paleontologist Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Colorado River valley in western Colorado, United States.
Diplodocus is among the most easily identifiable dinosaurs, with its typical sauropod shape, long neck and tail, and four sturdy legs. For many years, it was the longest dinosaur known. For many years, it was the longest dinosaur known.
Sauropoda (/ s ɔː ˈ r ɒ p ə d ə /), whose members are known as sauropods (/ ˈ s ɔːr ə p ɒ d z /; [1] [2] from sauro-+ -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs.
Paleontologists re-evaluated the dinosaur’s ridiculously long neck by comparing it to closely related species. This dinosaur had the biggest neck on record — as long as a school bus, research ...
Alamosaurus was a gigantic quadrupedal herbivore with the long neck, the long tail, the relatively long limbs and the body partly covered with bony armor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It would have measured around 26 metres (85 ft) long, 5 metres (16 ft) tall at the shoulder and weighed up to 30–35 tonnes (33–39 short tons) based on known adult specimens ...
Experts say they are working to excavate the remains of a 40-foot-tall, 80-foot-long brachiosaurid sauropod. Homeowner Finds What Could Be the Largest Dinosaur Ever Discovered in Europe Skip to ...