Supersaurus
Supersaurus vivianae
Pronounced: Sue - per - Sore - us
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Super Lizard"
Length: 98 feet (30 m)
Height: 54 feet (17 m)
Weight: 56 tons (50,000 kilos)
Time: Early Cretaceous - 135 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have
been found in SW United States
Supersaurus
was
definitely
one of
the
largest
plant
eaters
of all
time,
and
probably
the
largest
member
of the
family
that
included
Diplodocus
. At
just
under
100 feet
long, it
was as
long as
three
school
buses!
Its neck
alone
was 40
feet
long.
Supersaurus is known from only a few bones, but these bones are enormous. The first bone found, a scapulacoracoid (shoulder bone) was over eight feet (2.4 m) long. James Jensen, one of North America's most prolific dinosaur hunters, discovered this creature in 1973 and excavated it in 1979. The bones are so large that some are still unprepared. Bones that were originally assigned to Ultrasauros have now been identified as being from Supersaurus. |
