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Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- die-KRAY-oh-SORE-us
- Name meaning:
- 'forked lizard'
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- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 20.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 150-135 million years ago
- Found in:
- Tanzania
This dinosaur is named 'forked lizard' because of the forked spines in its backbone.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae
- Named by:
- Janensch (1914)
- Type species:
- hansemanni
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