Diplodocus (/ dɪˈplɒdəkəs /, [3][4] / daɪˈplɒdəkəs /, [4] or / ˌdɪploʊˈdoʊkəs / [3]) is an extinct genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic of North America. The first fossils of Diplodocus were discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a Neo-Latin term derived from Greek διπλός (diplos ...
Diplodocus, (genus Diplodocus), gigantic dinosaurs found in North America as fossils from the Late Jurassic Period (161 million to 146 million years ago). Diplodocus is perhaps the most commonly displayed dinosaur. It, along with sauropods such as Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus), belong to a related subgroup of dinosaurs called diplodocids, members of which were some of the longest land ...
Diplodocus is a genus of large quadrupedal sauropods of the Diplodocidae family. These dinosaurs are among the largest ever-lived terrestrial animals, with famously long necks and even longer whip-like tails.
Diplodocus Facts Diplodocus longus was the longest dinosaur found in the Carnegie Quarry, and was probably the longest dinosaur of the Morrison Ecosystem. Diplodocus longus was about 80 feet (24.3 meters) long from head to tail. It had about 80 vertebrae (back bones) in its tail alone! Diplodocus is Greek for "double-beam." The name refers to the unique shape of its tail vertebrae. Each ...
Diplodocus was one of the biggest, and one of the most well-known, sauropod dinosaurs of the late Jurassic period.
Diplodocus translates as ‘double beam’. It refers to the dinosaur’s tail bones. The bones underneath the tail, which in many other dinosaurs are straight and pointy, have a two-beamed shape in Diplodocus. They look a bit like an upside-down ‘V’. The scientist who named Diplodocus thought it was the only dinosaur with this kind of bone, but later discoveries revealed many other long ...