- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 12.0m
- Weight:
- 9000kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- teeth for grinding and chewing
- Food:
- tough plants
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 132–127 million years ago
- Found in:
- Argentina
This dinosaur had a double row of spines along its back which may have supported a twin 'sail' of skin. The spines on its neck vertebrae were incredibly long.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae
- Named by:
- Salgado and Bonaparte (1991)
- Type species:
- cazaui
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