Haplocanthosaurus
Haplocanthosaurus priscus
Pronounced:
hap-low-Canth-o-Saw-rus
Diet:
Herbivore
(plant-eater)
Name
Means:
"Single
Spine
Lizard"
Length:
73 ft.
(22 m)
Height:
23 ft.
(7 m)
Weight:
15 tons
(13,500
kilos)
Time:
Late
Jurassic
- 153
mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
North America
Haplocanthosaurus was a large, long-necked plant eater that roamed the western part of the United States near the end of the Jurassic period. Although many Haplocanthosaurus bones have been discovered, scientists still haven't found a skull so they can't be absolutely certain what this giant looked like. Because of this, it still can't be placed in the correct family of sauropods.
The most
common
association
of this
dinosaur is
with the
cetiosaurs.
It has also
been
suggested,
however,
that it may
have been a
primitive
titanosaur,
or even a
diplodocid.
Currently,
there are
three
species
recognized
for this
genus. |
