Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus (Nigersaurus taqueti) was a highly specialized long-necked dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Africa. While many sauropods are known for towering necks and tree-level browsing, Nigersaurus became famous for doing the opposite: it was built to feed low to the ground with a remarkably wide, s...
Bonatitan
Bonatitan (scientific name: Bonatitan reigi) was a titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Titanosaurs were among the last surviving long-necked sauropods and remained successful in South America until very late in the Cretaceous.Time PeriodBonatitan is placed in the Cr...
Baurutitan
Baurutitan was a titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Titanosaurs were among the last surviving groups of long-necked sauropods, thriving across South America shortly before the end-Cretaceous extinction.Time PeriodBaurutitan lived in the Cretaceous Period (more specifically, Late...
Barrosasaurus
Barrosasaurus (Barrosasaurus casamiquelai) was a titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Titanosaurs were long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs that became especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere near the end of the dinosaur era. Barrosasaurus is known from limited...
Malarguesaurus
Malarguesaurus (Malarguesaurus florenciae) was a titanosauriform sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. Like other sauropods, it was a large, long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that walked on four pillar-like legs. Malarguesaurus is best known from incomplete fossils, but it adds important...
Muyelensaurus
Muyelensaurus (Muyelensaurus pecheni) was a titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Unlike many giant titanosaurs, Muyelensaurus is often described as more slender and small-to-medium sized, with a lighter overall build compared with the largest members of the group.Qui...
Pellegrinisaurus
Pellegrinisaurus (Pellegrinisaurus powelli) was a titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Titanosaurs were long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs that became especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere near the end of the dinosaur era. Although Pellegrinisaurus is known...
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus was a towering long-necked dinosaur from the Jurassic of North America. Its long front legs gave it a giraffe-like posture.SizeWith a huge body and long neck, Brachiosaurus could reach high vegetation that other herbivores could not.DietIt was a herbivore, likely feeding on leaves and...
How big are dinosaurs? Why can dinosaurs grow so big?
In a natural history museum in Argentina, a dinosaur vertebra is on display. It is 1.6 meters long and requires a forklift to lift it, but if it were a human vertebra, one of your palms would be enough to lift it. 1. Dinosaurs are the largest land animals...
A new genus and species of Diplodocus from the Jurassic: Miraculous Lingwulong
Xu Xing's team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published their latest results on the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs in the British journal Nature Communications on July 24, reporting a species from the early Middle Jurassic...