One of the longest dinosaurs, Diplodocus had a unique body construction, with two rows of bones on the underside of its tail to provide extra support and greater mobility. Because of Diplodocus' ...

Wikimedia Commons Conservative estimates hold that Diplodocus hallorum —previously known as Seismosaurus halli — stretched a remarkable 110 feet from end to end. So, does this make it the longest ...

The longest animal that ever lived just got 40 percent shorter. A reappraisal of Seismosaurus has chopped it from 170 feet – about the length of ten hummers – to about 110 feet – a bit more than six ...

In 1991, paleontologist David Gillette announced that he had found the largest of the enormous sauropod dinosaurs. He called it Seismosaurus halli, and based on the parts of the skeleton that had been ...

Finding any fossil skin is extraordinary; finding dinosaur skin is that much more rare. So when Tess Gallagher and her mom excavated patches of skin from one of the largest dinosaurs to exist, there ...

Hans-Dieter Sues - Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History Dinosaur skeletons are the pride and joy of every natural history museum. As throngs of visitors come to marvel at the ...

The Diplodocus fossil is back in the news, once again taking the U.K. by storm. Learn more about this famous Diplodocus fossil. Following its arrival in Coventry, U.K., Dippy the Dinosaur drew over 10 ...

The hashtag #SaveDippy's been trending on Twitter after London's Natural History Museum announced it was moving its skeleton of a Diplodocus from the museum's entrance. The dinosaur, nicknamed Dippy, ...

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The young diplodocus 'Andrew' was between two and four years old and about six metres long when it died, during the late Jurassic about 150 million years ago. (Andrey Atuchin) The first baby ...