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Brachytrachelopan: quick facts

Brachytrachelopan was an unusual sauropod from the Late Jurassic of Argentina, notable for having one of the shortest necks of any sauropod. While most long-necked dinosaurs evolved ever-longer necks

Period
Late Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
33 feet (10 meters)
Family
Dicraeosauridae

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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