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Diplodocids, or
members of the
family Diplodocidae ("double beams"), are a
group of
sauropod dinosaurs. The
family includes some of the
longest creatures...
- (/dɪˈplɒdəkəs/, /daɪˈplɒdəkəs/, or /ˌdɪploʊˈdoʊkəs/) is an
extinct genus of
diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Jur****ic of
North America. The...
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Supersaurus (meaning "super lizard") is a
genus of
diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that
lived in
North America during the Late Jur****ic period. The type species...
- less
elongated and more
heavily constructed than
those of Diplodocus, a
diplodocid like Apatosaurus, and the
bones of the leg are much
stockier despite being...
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tails compared to
other families like
brachiosaurs and mamenchisaurs.
Diplodocids first evolved in the
Middle Jur****ic but
peaked in
diversity during the...
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Nemegtosauridae is a
family of
titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs based on
their diplodocid-like skulls. Only
three species are known: Nemegtosaurus, Quaesitosaurus...
- preserved, and
scientists have yet to
discover a
Barosaurus skull.
Related diplodocids like
Apatosaurus and
Diplodocus had long, low
skulls with peg-like teeth...
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Leinkupal is the only
known unequivocal diplodocid from South-America and the
youngest unequivocal diplodocid globally, the only
known from the Cretaceous...
- However,
recent research have
placed Amphicoelias from the long,
gracile diplodocid to the
shorter but much
stockier rebbachisaurid. Now
renamed as Maraapunisaurus...
- (150 million
years ago),
sauropods had
become widespread (especially the
diplodocids and brachiosaurids). By the Late Cretaceous, one
group of sauropods,...
