Tag: diplodocus
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The Oldest Plant-Eating Dinosaur Has Been Found in India
The New York Times’ Trilobite column has a story about a new dinosaur from India. The animal, called Tharosaurus indicus, is an early member of the dicraeosaurids, which are sauropods. It lived about 167 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. The fossils were discovered in the Thar Desert, located in the northwest of India. …
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PBS Eons: A Short Tale About Diplodocus’ Long Neck
PBS Eons has a new episode up over on Youtube. This one is about Diplodocus and its long neck. Long necks gave sauropods a huge advantage when it came to food, but not in the way you think. And this benefit would allow them to become the biggest terrestrial animals of all time!
