Barosaurus
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Barosaurus is a genus of large sauropod dinosaur that lived in present-day North America during the Late Jurassic period. It was described by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1890. The
Barosaurus mount 1
One of the holotype caudal vertebrae in multiple perspectives
ROM 3670 (nicknamed Gordo), Royal Ontario Museum skeleton, Toronto
Skull cast, Natural History Museum of Utah
Sauropoda
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Sauropoda, whose members are called sauropods, is a clade of saurischian dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads, and four thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the e
Barosaurus
…adults measuring about 25–27 m (82–89 ft) in length and weighing about 12–20 metric tons (13–22 short tons). This makes it among the largest diplodocid sauropods. In comparison to its close kin Diplodocus, Barosaurus has a relatively longer neck but shorter tail. Despite this, the tail composed around half the…
Reconstruction of Ampelosaurus
Stylized cervical vertebra of a sauropod illustrating terminology
Some sauropods, such as Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, formed herds segregated by age.
Cast of Toni, a juvenile Brachiosaurus (restored as a diplodocid)