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Diplodocidae

Tornieria

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tornieria 25 m (82 ft) long
as long as 15 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tornieria
Length
25 m (82 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (150 Mya)
Place
Tanzania
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Diplodocidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Whip-tailed sauropods: Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus.

Tornieria (“for Tornier”) is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania.

What we know

  • Named by Sternfeld, 1911.
  • Body length estimated at about 25 m.
  • Fossils found in Tanzania.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tornieria — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.