Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dicraeosaurus 3 m (9.8 ft) long
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- Length
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
- Place
- Tanzania
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dicraeosauridae
Dicraeosaurus (Gr. δικραιος, dikraios “bifurcated, double-headed” + Gr. σαυρος, sauros “lizard”) is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania during the late Jurassic period. The genus was named for the neural spines on the back of its neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.
What we know
- Named by Janensch, 1914.
- Body length estimated at about 3 m.
- Fossils found in Tanzania.