- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 21.5m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 154-142 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
Haplocanthosaurus is known from partial skeletons that lack skulls, so the shape of the head in reconstructions is based on similar dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Camarasauridae
- Named by:
- Hatcher (1903)
- Type species:
- priscus
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