Opisthocoelicaudia
Opisthocoeli-caudia
- Pronunciation:
- o-pis-tho-seel-i-cawd-ee-a
- Name meaning:
- 'hollow-backed tail [vertebrae]'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 12.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 72-68 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
Opisthocoelicaudia is known from a skeleton that lacks the skull and neck, so their reconstruction is based on similar dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Saltasauridae
- Named by:
- Borsuk-Bialynicka (1977)
- Type species:
- skarzynskii
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